“What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.”
“A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”
“Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand and accept it — then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”
“The next day Mrs Honeyfoot told her husband that John Segundus was exactly what a gentleman should be, but she feared he would never profit by it for it was not the fashion to be modest and quiet and kind-hearted.”
“Am I so desperate I must accept any gentleman who is not a villain or a gargoyle?”
“A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.”