Good breeding shows itself most when to an ordinary eye it appears the When it comes to doing a thing in this world, I don’t ask myself whether I like it or not, but, what’s the best way to get it done.—Ellen Glasgow. least.—Addison.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the company.—Swift.

Hail! ye small, sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do you make the road of it.—Sterne.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.—Lady Montague.Do you ask to be the companion of nobles? Make yourself noble, and you shall be. Do you long for the conversation of the wise? Learn to understand it, and you shall hear it.—Ruskin.

Evil communications corrupt good manners.—Bible.

No pleasure is comparable to standing on the vantage ground of truth.—Lord Bacon.

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.—Sidney.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.—New Testament.

Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.—Shakespeare.There is no cosmetic for homely folks like character. Even the plainest face becomes beautiful in noble and radiant moods.—Newell Dwight Hillis.