"POLITENESS, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy."

"Take care never to speak what you have not weighed and pondered beforehand; nor interject your own words on the spur …"

"Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing."

"Politeness, however, acts the lady's-maid to our thoughts ; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfume…"

"What is a nice guy? Most people think the opposite of a nice guy is an asshole. And that's why they cling to the nice…"

"Christian piety annihilates the egotism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it."

"Politeness is a tacit agreement that people’s miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side …"

"Chivalry essentially was the secular code of honour of a martially oriented aristocracy."

"Medieval chivalry was more an outlook than a doctrine, more a lifestyle than an explicit ethical code. It embraced bo…"

"Above all, it inculcated an ideal of social service; service without remuneration; service, however humble its nature…"