Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
The grace of God is courtesy.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
I just believe in common courtesy.
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.