There is no outward sign of politeness that will be found to lack some deep moral foundation. The right kind of education would be that which conveyed the sign and the foundation at the same time.
A man's manners are the mirror in which he shows his portrait.
There is a politeness of the heart, and it is allied to love. It produces the most agreeable politeness of outward demeanour.
Voluntary dependence is the best state, and how should that be possible without love?
We are never further from our wishes than when we fancy we possess the object of them.