Appearance Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

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

— Emily Post

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

— Mason Cooley

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

— Sydney Smith

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

— Sydney Smith

The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to…

— Judith Martin

Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value…

— Freya Stark

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

— Judith Martin

“Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence…

— Henry Alford

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of…

— J. Irwin Miller

The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity when contrasted with a finer intelligence. They appear but as the fashions of past…

— Henry David Thoreau