The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease; the manner of a gentleman, ease without freedom.
Courtesy Quotes
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.
No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.
Apologizing: a very desperate habit – one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Nine times out of ten, the first thing a man’s companion knows of his shortcoming is from his apology. It is mighty presumptuous on your part to suppose your small failures of so much consequence that you […]
A man’s good breeding, is the best security against other people’s ill manners.
Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
It is a form of affectation to emphasize the fact that you do not indulge in it.
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts.
