Quotes About Manners

Never give advice unasked.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

It's bad manners to say "I love you", with a mouth full of lies.

He tilted his head in such gracious acknowledgment that she felt churlish. 'I can assure you I've not yet squished a lady. Not even once.

Really, Your Grace. Crooking your little finger again? At least buy me a bauble before you try to tup me in the carriage.

I'll need hot water for washing." Hart barked. Wellford murmured, "Immediately sir," as he bowed back out the door. He did not say, "Of course, sir. I bring you hot water every single morning, even when you haven't debased yourself for a woman.

One did not depend on marines for good table manners. One depended on them to have the right instincts when it came to matters of life and death.

A person shows himself through how he acts with others.

Beautiful words make beautiful face, beautiful manners make beautiful life.

My philosophy is : there is no use of trying to be kind to those who are always rude to you.

No one has ever been offended by someone with good manners and courteous behaviour.

The man who doesn't know how to confer a kindness has not the right to ask any for himself.

Though manners makes, yet apparel shapes.

To follow good manners willingly is like paving the road and to tell somebody to follow them is like the road which is always in under construction.

You can learn good manners from those who don't have any.

The cleverest women hide it and create an aura of wit and charm instead. Those who can't wait a moment to prove how much smarter than men they are--Dios, what bores! A man might as well invite a bearded professor to lunch than a female with all her mental pencils sharpened; instead of being an amusing companion she sits for an examination, gobbling food and words and waving her hands about like a merchant in a bazaar. It is probably the Spaniard in me that dislikes the type!

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things, In the home the reverse is the case. That is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be well-mannered.

Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it but if often costs the world very dear.

Maya made her own dinner, which smelled pretty good. Stella seemed to think so, too, because she jumped right up on the table and waltzed around, like a bad cat! I couldn't believe her lack of manners. Maya didn't even scold her. I suppose Maya thought cats weren't even worth training. After spending the afternoon with these three, I pretty much agreed with her.

Sorry I spit, I'll try to quit?

Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again.

Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.

When I tell you to go out and tell one of these palookas that I'm out, go out and tell 'em I'm out. Don't have these buzzards walk in on me. When I don't wanna see 'em I don't...don't look at me that way.