Maria Cristina Quotes

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order.

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and make a bonfire of them.

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

I was not to the manor born.

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents;... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendancy.

The Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Bee- A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy-

Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am.

Character and class are character and class. Either you have it or you don't.

What did it mean to be called “lord”? I’ll assume you’ve never had the honor, since I doubt any of you happen to be British royalty. (And, if by chance you are, then let me say, “Hello, Your Majesty! Welcome to my stupid book. Can I borrow some cash?”)

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

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

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

I'm a gentleman.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.