I don’t do any vulgar movements.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

The infinite faith I have in people’s ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

Don’t create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat – no matter who killed the meat for him.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Well, they’re Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn’t dream of interrupting you at golf.

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog, but I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.

One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

I know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you.

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That’s the way the mind of man operates.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‚If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.‘ But if it’s open and you’re walkin‘ by, feel free to say, ‚Hello.‘

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

I’m very much a creature of habit.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

I’ve found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

Richard Nixon was an evil man – evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

I’m mischievous, but I’m calculated.

Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual.

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you’re under reproach, your behavior shows it.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn’t have many manners as we now know.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

No sane man will dance.

Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the earth and eating slimy worms are yet as clean as seals or fishes, whose lives are one perpetual wash.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn’t drink, they didn’t smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

I don’t like freeloaders; I don’t like people who are negative.

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.