A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Woe to the man who is always busy - hurried in a turmoil of engagements, from occupation to occupation, and with no seasons interposed of recollection, contemplation and repose! Such a man must inevitably be gross and vulgar, and hard and indelicate - the sort of man with whom no generous spirit would desire to hold intercourse.
It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.