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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.
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.
Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.
Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.
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 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 the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
Tact is the intelligence of the heart
Tact is the intelligence of the heart
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.