Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.
A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
A thousand little civilities create tenderness in time.
Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull no one would read them.
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.
Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.
HIGGINS. The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if were in He...
He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense.
He wouldn't write a letter because he couldn't without beginning it 'Dear Sylvia' and ending it 'Yours sincerely' or 'truly' or 'affectionately.' He's that sort of precise imbecile. I tell you he's so...
I liked that young man, did not you? There was something particularly pleasing about his manners, which I thought very easy and frank. He has an air of honest manliness, too, which, in these days of f...
I'm making a listI'm making a list of things I must sayFor politeness,And goodness and kindness and gentlenessSweetness and rightness:HelloPardon meHow are you?Excuse meBless youMay I?Thank youGoodbye...
If I beat my grandmother to death to-morrow in the middle of Battersea Park, you may be perfectly certain that people will say everything about it except the simple and fairly obvious fact that it is...
It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.
It's good netiquette to look for every opportunity to compliment others online. NetworkEtiquette.net
It’s bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys’ games and work and manners!
Let me tell you, sir, that if you wish to be accepted into Bath society you will do well to mend your manners!’ retorted Abby. ‘I’ve none to mend, and not the smallest wish to be accepted into Bath, o...
Party animosity was concealed under a veil of studied courtesy.
Psychology of small things rules.
Rudeness affected Margaret like a bitter taste in the mouth. It poisoned life. At times it is necessary, but woe to those who employ it without due need.
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