But such thoughtlessness is, in itself, discourtesy.

No man or woman has a right to be absorbed in his or her affairs to the extent of forgetting what is due to other people.
The tricks of manner and speech contracted by a boy or young man should be noticed and corrected by mother or sister before they become confirmed habits.

Such are touching a lady on arm or shoulder to attract her attention, inquiring "What say ?" or "Is that so ?" to indicate surprise, glancing at the addresses on letters given him to mail, and consulting his watch in company.

It would be difficult to find a better rule for courtesy with which to impress a boy or girl than the advice written by William Wirt to his daughter: "The way to make yourself pleasing to others is to show that you care for them.

The world is like the miller at Mansfield 'who cared for nobody, no, not he, because nobody cared for him.' And the whole world will serve you so if you give it the same cause.