Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Manners maketh man.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.