No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.