Certain Quote by Emily Post

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

— Honore de Balzac

Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the legislator of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance.

— Mark Twain

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.

— Joan M. Drury

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art…

— Bryant H. McGill

“Courtesy, is a constant repitition of reflecting established virtues.”

— Wayne Chirisa

Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.

— Aristophanes

“The times, they are a-changing! What was once defined by tradition, respect, and custom has evolved into a relaxed and casual society. What is…

— Susan C. Young

If you are curious, you won't be satisfied with the "tyranny of custom." People stuck in that rut might say "why?" and the first…

— John Medina

One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the…

— Judith Martin

“While good old-fashioned manners and etiquette have worked for centuries, new standards and expectations have come into play with the modern world. Behaviors which…

— Susan C. Young