Dealing With People

You must look into other people as well as at them. Lord Chesterfield


A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love. Basil


A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.Lord Chesterfield


To rejoice in another's prosperity, is to give content to your own lot: to mitigate another's grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own. Thomas Edwards


Hear the meaning within the word.William Shakespeare


Charity, good behaviour, amiable speech, unselfishness — these by the chief sage have been declared the elements of popularity. Burmese Proverb


Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber


We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.Denis Diderot


Arguing with a fool proves there are two. Doris M. Smith


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


Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.Publius Syrus


Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of personsthat one can make himself agreeable to.Thomas Carlyle


Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.Jean Paul Richter