There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in upbuilding their country - the men who have contributed to the efficiency and happiness of their fellow men.
The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of the men who have done something for themselves and their fellow men.
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
The ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the greatest good of all, but no human group has ever reached this ideal because of ignorance and selfishness.
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.