Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
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...
The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to entersociety is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, nomatter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who failsto...
Politeness goes far yet costs nothing.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.
Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough.
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.
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...
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