A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
- Barbara FeltonBe courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
- George WashingtonTo be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
- Benjamin FranklinCourtesy while you`re thinking what to say. It saves time.
- Lewis CarrollLife is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy
- Ralph Waldo EmersonWhen music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war
- ConfuciusIf a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.
- Francis Bacon, Sr.An excess of courtesy is discourtesy
- Japanese ProverbDon`t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
- Oliver Wendell HolmesHe who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love
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