Emilia Wickstead Quotes

Being a 'Lady' used to be something to which all young women aspired.

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

Claire McCaskill acted more ladylike during her previous campaign.

All well bred persons lie - Besides, you are a woman; you must never speak what you think.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick to the mouth, were (if done at all) better done in private.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

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

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to be thoughtful and polite.

Some things a lady doesn't tell.

My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the most polite girls in France. My mother wanted us to be like royalty: never ever will you be caught being rude, or superficial or being a star or whatever.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

Gentlemen don't do that.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

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

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.