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.
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.
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.
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.
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.
I'm big on what's in good taste.
No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.
