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...
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.
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.
What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones.
There is always a best way of doing everything if it be only to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Now as to politeness... I would venture to call it benevolence in trifles.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
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...