Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up, and light-heartedly, courageously, good-temperedly, get ready for the next encounter.

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

You did love me, " I whispered. "Just not the same way I loved you.

I fix what's broken - except in the heart.

We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good true and serious.

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple and the simple thing is the right thing.

Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.

When something comes easy, you usually let it go the same way.

This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.

VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it.