Of Good Manners(中文翻译见下方)

As the best law is founded upon reason, so are the best manners. And as some lawyers have introduced unreasonable things into common law, so likewise many teachers have introduced absurd things into common good manners. From hxw.red.

One principal point of this art is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men; our superiors, our equals, and those below us…

Pride, ill nature, and want of sense, are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience; or of what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.

I defy any one to assign an incident wherein reason will not direct us what we are to say or do in company, if we are not misled by pride or ill nature.

----J.Swift

论礼貌

最优秀的法律是在理智基础上建立起来的，最得体的举止行为也是在理智基础上建立起来的。有一些律师把一些不合理的东西写进普通法律。同样，许多教师也把一些不合理的东西归入到日常礼貌之中。

礼貌这种艺术的一个主要方面就是要使我们的行为适合于三种不同类型的人：地位高过我们的人、地位和我们相同的人以及地位低于我们的人。……

骄傲自大、本性恶劣、缺乏理智是没有礼貌的三大原因。没有上述缺陷中的任一项，人们不会因为没有经验而行为恶劣；人们也不会像蠢人所说的由于不懂世故而举止无礼。
如果我们没有受到骄傲自大或本性恶劣的误导，理智就会引导我们在交往中谈吐得体、行为雅观，——我肯定无人能举出与此相反的例子。