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difference they make ia society. And for you who have to live in society, and to lead public lives among men, to be seen and (I trust) respected by all, the cultivation of gentle manners is a matter of very great consequence indeed. For the estimation which you will hereafter have among men, and your influence over them, will depend very much on the manners you possess. If you behave like a common man, you will seem to be a common man, you will be treated like a common man. If you behave like a gentleman, you will be treated like a gentleman, you will have the honour and respect which a gentleman has, wherever he goes."
"Good manners perhaps do not make a gentleman; but manners are certainly one of the parts which make a gentleman as a whole. There may possibly be a show of good manners in one who is not a real gentleman at heart; but no one can
