“To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served.”
“A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that.”
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
“Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.”
“Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.”
“Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men.Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.”