"Manners are the happy ways of doing things. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops, which give such a depth to the morning meadows."
Emerson.
"Love's perfect blossom only blows
Where noble manners veil defect."
C. Patmore.
"The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne;
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed
As by his manners."
Spenser.
"True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself."
Lord Chesterfield.
JULY 26