No one knows him better, and on my knowledge of the man it was that I apologized for his incivility to yourself.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
This I considered as an infringement of English liberty, and was ready to reason with him on the subject; but I reflected that I was a stranger, and that it is always better and more polite to submit quietly to the regulations of the country in which we live, than bring ourselves into difficulty through incivility or contention.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
In all foreign hotels the landlords enforce such respect on the part of the waiters to the guests of the hotel that if two complaints are made of incivility, the man or woman complained of is immediately dismissed.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood