"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…"

"If one has good manners, one may attain the same level of merit as those who spend their nights in prayer."

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

"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…"