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.

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.

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.

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

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

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit read more

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.