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.

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 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.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls.

I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

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.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.