The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
—Raymond Chandler
We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.
—George Bernard Shaw
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically—for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist—but then what isn't?
—Quentin Crisp
She had risen and was walking about the room, her fat, worn face sharpening with a sort of animal alertness into power and protection. The claws that hide in every maternal creature slipped out of the fur of good manners.
—Margaret Deland
The home is the chief school of human virtues.
—William Ellery Channing