Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own

Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valor, liberty and virtue, Displays distinguished merit, is a noble Of Nature's own creating.

We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives,
Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.

Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English nobility, (Johnson) replied, "Why, my Lord, I'll tell you what is become of it; it is gone into the city to look for a fortune