Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.—Talfourd.
Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth, came Habraham, Moyses, Aron and the profettys; and also the kyng of the right line of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.—Juliana Berners.
Gentleness.—True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to Him who made us, and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and the duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.—Blair.
We do not believe, or we forget, that "the Holy Ghost came down, not in shape of a vulture, but in the form of a dove."—Emerson.
Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.—Balzac.
The best and simplest cosmetic for women is constant gentleness and sympathy for the noblest interests of her fellow-creatures. This preserves and gives to her features an indelibly gay, fresh, and agreeable expression. If women would but realize that harshness makes them ugly, it would prove the best means of conversion.—Auerbach.
Gentleness, which belongs to virtue, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent of sycophants.—Blair.
Gifts.—Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who, when alive, would part with nothing.—Colton.
Give freely to him that deserveth well, and asketh nothing: and that is a way of giving to thyself.—Fuller.
The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.—Emerson.