There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.
I don't feel I ask anything of anybody else that I wouldn't give up myself. I don't think the things I ask are particularly shocking, and I don't think I approach celebrities from the point of view of being a polished journalist.
such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.
I admire people with gentle manners who treat other people as human beings.
Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy.
I crave fit disposition for my wife; Due reference of place, and exhibition; With such accommodation, and besort, As levels with her breeding.
