The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
The happiness of life may be greatly increased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks, and little kind acts of attention.
If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none.
Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies.
We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses.
No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies.
I think dating courtesies are common courtesies that should be practiced in most all civilized encounters. I pine for the days of good, old-fashioned manners.
