“The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no thirdclass carriages, and one soul is as good as another.”
“Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.”
“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.”
“Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners.”
“Good manners open the closed doors; bad manners close the open doors!”
“The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.”