Quotes About Etiquette

There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!

A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own.

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Beware of a man with manners.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

It is quite proper to meet a young man at a cocktail party and go on to dinner with him. If he is attractive, you can consider yourself not only correct, but lucky.

During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the death of politeness between a man and a woman.

Gentlemen don't propose when they're eating.

Men sometimes have to leave their ladies alone, and ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools.

A free-loader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner.

If there's one thing that makes a man sick, it's to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.

Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.

The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.

Really, Channing," remonstrated Alexia, "did you have to eat the man's dog? I am convinced you will experience terrible indigestion.

Stay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it.

The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.

Hold the door for an old man. Old ladies can take care of themselves; they've been doing it long enough.

LADY BRACKNELL: Do you smoke? JACK: Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. LADY BRACKNELL: I'm glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.