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

“A certain skill at billiards is the mark of a gentleman, but to play too well is the sign of a misspent youth.Lucien Fairchild”

“Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures costs nothing and conveys much.”

“That is what marks out a warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment.”

“Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation;”

“The Master said, “To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned—is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar—is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment—is this not the mark of the gentleman?”(Analects 1.1)”