It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.
Be polite. Write diplomatically. Even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
The people of Northern Italy are the most civilized people I have ever met.
Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
Obama's great asset has always been an ability to maintain his air of authority without being baritone about it. He can be boring, but he is never ridiculous or pompous.
Manners are more important than laws. Upon them, in great measure, the laws depend.
Civility is a choice.
Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
There is a fine line between sensuousness and vulgarity. I will not cross that line.
You mustn't upstage the bride.
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
Me and polite have never been on close terms.
[Benjamin Franklin's life was:] ... one continued insult to good manners and decency.
I don't think anybody, regardless of tragic circumstances, can expect to come to a congressional hearing and take it over with a series of interruptions.
Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words.
Being a 'Lady' used to be something to which all young women aspired.
Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.
Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.
I'm big on what's in good taste.
No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
