Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time

Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time

It is difficult to find a courteous person today who isn't trying to sell you something

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little