You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

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.

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.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over read more

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.