Quotes About Etiquette

one of the true tests to tell if a man's been raised right and is a gentleman is whether he stands when a lady enters the room—or

A surgeon should always be soberly dressed . . . rather after the manner of a cleric, for any discrete man clad in cleric's dress may sit at a gentleman's table. A surgeon must also have clean hands and well-shaped nails, free of dirt . . . It is also expedient for the surgeon to be able to tell good honest tales that may make the patient laugh.

A secretary is not a toy.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave just as outrageously as the world allows.

In my opinion, kissing a lady's hand is a fine tradition. After all, a man must start somewhere.

Manners differ with climates; the northern nations are distinguished for etiquette, the eastern for ceremony, and the southern for courtesy.

There's nothing in the world like etiquette In kingly chambers, or imperial halls, As also at the race and county balls.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

Courts are, unquestionably, the seats of politeness and good breeding; were they not so, they would be the seats of slaughter and desolation. Those who now smile upon and embrace, would affront and stab, each other, if manners did not interpose.

Sikap yang santun harus menghiasi orang yang berpengetahuan dan melicinkan jalannya dalam pergaulan.

Well, then, good night to you; you have no objection, I hope, to my being drunk to-night, which I certainly will be.

Shockingly tactless," Lady Warford said. "Unfortunately, Longmore can be tactless quite fluently in several languages

By gad, is that you, Ainswood? I haven't seen you in a dog's age. How's the gout? Still troubling you?

Prying into others' private affairs is the preferred occupation of small minds.

Do you know, Lady Bredon, I do believe in time, with the proper guidance, you might become almost . . . intelligent," he said. She put a hand to her head. "Where are my smelling salts?

Dain could not decide what to do with Lady Wallingdon's invitation. A part of his mind recommended he burn it. Another part suggested he urinate on it. Another advised him to shove it down Her Ladyship's throat.

Good girl lesson #2: When your BFF sends you a gorgeous guy, you call her and thank her. That's good manners. Good girl lesson #3: Stop scowling. You'll scare away the aforementioned gorgeous guy.