Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the mood's of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

'Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.