| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Politeness |
| | | A hunchback making a bow. (Excessive politeness.) Chinese. | 1 |
| A civil denial is better than a rude grant. | 2 |
| Hat in hand goes through the land. German. | 3 |
| Politeness is benevolence in small things. Macaulay. | 4 |
| To be truly polite remember you must be polite at all times and under all circumstances. | 5 |
| A man without ceremony had need of great merit in its place. | 6 |
| After the land’s manner is mannerly. Dutch. | 7 |
| As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. Greville. | 8 |
| At Rome do as Rome does. | 9 |
| Cap in hand never did any harm. Italian. | 10 |
| One never loseth anything by politeness. | 11 |
| One outward civility is current pay for another. | 12 | | |
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