It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. Cardinal Newman
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. Theodore Roosevelt
A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. H L Mencken
A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude. Oscar Wilde
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. George Bernard Shaw
By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind. Gerard Manley Hopkins
The only infallible rule we know is, that a man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one. R S Surtees
My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur. Earl of Arran
I am partial to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it. Daisy Ashford