Thomas TalfourdThinkers

A Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.

Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest he can achieve nothing generous or noble.