406 Quotes About Manners

They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I ate eleven of them, right in a row. It is rude to take the last cookie.

For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Eye contact is one good skill to adopt when speaking in public. However, beware of the culture of people you are speaking to before you contact them with your eyes. Take note of their age range. In some cultures, looking into the face of an elderly person when talking is considered as disrespect. Some cultures don't have problem with it at all.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

The natural flow of discourse must be calm and serene; if wit, whim, fun and fire are present, they will not fail to flash brightly along its surface; but they can never constitute the main body of the stream itself.

Manners, you see, come down to a single principle: talk of nothing that might actually prove interesting.

Because when in doubt, resort to good manners.

You laugh at me when I say I want to be a lady, but I mean a true gentlewoman in mind and manners, and I try to do it as far as I know how. I can't explain exactly, but I want to be above the little meannesses and follies and faults that spoil so many women