“A gentleman can live through anything.”

“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”

“I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.”

“If I can live through the events,” she said, “I can get through the memories.”

“No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.”

“The most ordinary Negro is a distinct gentleman, but it takes extraordinary training and opportunity to make the average white man anything but a hog.”

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

“An Irish gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes but won’t.”

“Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.”

“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”