At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.