nobleman quotes

Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.

- Edmund Burke
  Letter to William Smith, 29  Jan.

In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting, He led his regiment from behind He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore,O That celebrated, Cultivated Underrated Nobleman, The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

- Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) Gilbert
  Duke's song, The Gondoliers, act1.

[Travel] preservesmy young noblemanfromsurfeiting of hisparents,andweanshimfroma dangerousfondness of his mother. It teacheth him wholesome hardship† Whereas the country gentleman that never travelled, can scarce go to London without making his will, at least without wetting his handkerchief.

- Richard Lassels
c.1650  The Voyage of Italy, or a Compleat Journey through Italy (published1670).