“An excessive suavity of manners is not only displeasing, it is disgusting, for it is generally a sing of insecurity and deception.”
Source: The Perfect Gentleman, Or, Etiquette and Eloquence: A Book of Information and Instruction ... Containing Model Speeches for All Occasions ... 500 Toasts ... the Duties of Chairmen of Public Meetings
“Manners are important. More so, when the conversation is conducted over written format where the other person can't hear your voice.”
“As for the other little amenities — yes, the lady lets the man light her cigarette, help her on with her coat, and open the door for her. Even if he’s the boss. Manners are manners, and success doesn’t mean that a woman has to forgo the courtesies that make life easy and pleasant.”
Source: My Way of Life
“A foreigner should consider practicing other countries' customs, manners, and etiquette before visiting the country.”
“The Church should adapt itself to the manners of the time, since it seems only too clear that the manners of the time adapt themselves less and less to the Church.”
Source: Clochemerle-les-Bains [English language]
“Madness is no excuse for bad manners or wasted tea.”
Source: Vanity in Dust
“Sometimes politeness can get in the way of simplicity.”
Source: "Darling, it's not only about sex"
“What the devil are you doing here?” continued the earl, his customary good manners quite banished by the shock of seeing this girl whose treachery had not prevented her from haunting his dreams, sleeping and waking, ever since she had gone.”
Source: A Countess Below Stairs
“Love
for us
is no paradise of arbors —
to us
love tells us, humming,
that the stalled motor
of the heart
has started to work
again.”
“Do not confuse manners for kindness. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts.”
Source: Frost Series Omnibus Volume 1