Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake sweet but not nourishing.
Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull no one would read them.
Psychology of small things rules.
She said: Sheriff how come you to let crime get so out of hand in your county? Sounded like a fair question I reckon. Maybe it was a fair question. Anyway I told her, I said: It starts when you begin...
Wealth of good manners is what no one can steal from you. You can keep it with you wherever you go.
Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate and may be offensive .
There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.
It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
A thousand little civilities create tenderness in time.
Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has gone to hell in a handbasket.
When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.
The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.
They asked Lucman the fabulist From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly.
It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
She felt so lost and lonely. One last chile in walnut sauce left on the platter after a fancy dinner couldn't feel any worse than she did. How many times had she eaten one of those treats, standing by...
Some night soon, I'll sneak back in here and we can eat chocolates until we vomit.We're such refined, genteel ladies.Please, Lysandra said, waving a manicured hand, you and I are nothing but wild beas...
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