Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another's prejudices with a hospitality so cordial as to give him, for the time, the sympathy next best to, if indeed it be not edification in, charity itself. For what disturbs more and distracts mankind than the uncivil manners that cleave man from man?

There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

A work of real merit finds favor at last.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.