33 quotes found
“Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake sweet but not nourishing.”
“(A gentleman) is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.”
“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.”
“A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.”
“What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones.”
“Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate and may be offensive .”
“(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.”
“If a man didn't make sense the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be aware of his reputation for this would encourage reticence which goes we...”
“Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough.”
“There is always a best way of doing everything if it be only to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.”
“Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.”
“I can't stand a naked light bulb any more than I can stand a rude remark or a vulgar action.”
