aristocracy, n.All

Aristocracy is government by the best men . . (In this sense the word is obsolete; so is that kind of government.).

Aristocracy is not in any way to be considered the wise few, for every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.

Aristocracy is just another name for well-organized bad manners.

Aristocracy is composed of asses who talk about horses.

Aristocracy is kept up by family tyranny and injustice.

Aristocracy is government by fellows with fancy hats, clean shirts, and guilty of education and suspect bank accounts.

Aristocracy is rectitude, platitude, high-hatitude.

Aristocracy is a relative thing. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way places where the son of an upholsterer is the arbiter of fashion and reigns over a court like any young Prince of Wales.