A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Jasper had a way of smiling faintly as he spoke which made Ged look for a jeer hidden in his polite words. “Do clothes make the mage?” he answered, sullen. “No,” said the older boy. “Though I have heard that manners make the man . . .