Boxes Quote by Emily Post

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of…

— William Gilmore Simms

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Gentlemanly behavior isn't just opening doors: to make an impression, you have to be concerned over a lady's needs at least as much as…

— Suzanne Enoch

A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free…

— Quentin Crisp

“It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of performing these small ceremonies regularly, and being as nearly accurate as possible with regard to the…

— Aleister Crowley

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

— Carlos Carvalhal

I'm English and I'm used to coming from a world of period dramas, where there's a very polite restraint to everything. Everybody's sort of…

— Clive Owen

An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up…

— Joseph Addison

There is a nobility in the world of manners.

— Friedrich Schiller

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby…

— Confucius

“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy…

— Yukteswar Giri