William Cowper Quotes

Good manners are a part of good morals.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Gentlemen don't do that.

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

Good behavior is everybody's business, and good taste can be everyone's goal.

Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than "your humble servant," at the bottom of a challengeis; they are universally agreed upon, and understand to be things of course. They are necessary guards of the decency and peace of society.

My only hope was to be polite.

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

I need to find a church on Sunday. I need to say 'please' and 'thank you,' 'yes sir' and 'no ma'am.' Do the little things because that's part of being an adult.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.