Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be read more

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his read more

Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.