“I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.” ― Oscar Wilde
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
― Laurence Sterne
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
“Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer
“The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.”
― Khalil Gibran