Quotes About Etiquette

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay.

Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

Don't be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

That amenity which the French have developed into a great art . . . conversation.

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.

Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?