Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with read more

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

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.

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.

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the read more

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.