"Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan
"The junior may not sit down until the senior says: Be seated!" ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Ketubot
"Beware of discourtesy to the poor: The Lord stands near them." ~~ The Slonimer Rabbi
"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot
"Talk not while you eat, lest windpipe anticipate gullet (and life be in danger)!" ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Some men are stupid: they stand up to honor a Holy Scroll, but do not rise to honor a sage." ~~ Talmud Makkot 22b
"A man without grace is as a tale out of season." ~~ Ben Sira 20:14
"One must behave before men as one must before God." ~~ Sheqalim
"A man who does not want to buy should not say to a vendor: “How much does this thing cost?”" ~~ Derekh Eretz
"All men should rise when a sage passes." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 33a
"Be first in greeting every man!" ~~ Avot 4:15
"Be ever decorous when you enter and when you leave. " ~~ Talmud, Pirke Ben Azzai
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