He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense.

Party animosity was concealed under a veil of studied courtesy.

Rudeness, abruptness, gory tales of blood and thunder, and coarse language usually show up the greenhorn or counterfeit, and certainly the ill-bred. "The bravest are the tenderest; the gentlest are the daring.

The overpowering unimportance of this MAKES ME SPEECHLESS. – Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Reed

If it was bliss to be alive, to hunt was rapture.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.