"Shame not the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira 8:6
"No learning, no manners; no manners, no learning; no lore, no loaf." ~~ Avot 3:17
"Who guards his mouth preserves his life." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 13:3
"Good manners mean more than learning." ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"Who respects the elderly is as if he respects the Lord." ~~ Alphabet of Ben Sira
"Your elder brother should be respected like your father." ~~ Yemenite Proverb
"Good manners is thoughtfulness of God and of men." ~~ Jehiel Anav
"Do not be joyful almong the mourners!" ~~ Mishle Agur
"If a guest enters your home, ask him no quesitons of the Torah unless you know that he can answer! " ~~ Sefer Chassidim
"A man should not drink from a glass and then give it to another." ~~ Derekh Eretz R.
"Do not interrupt while another speaks." ~~ Simeon b. Yohai
"Fine manners are the oil that lubricates social contacts…Ability is adorned by nothing as much as by affability." ~~ Rabbi Leon Harrison