“Whether one was from an aristocratic family or from the lesser gentry, or even from the urban middle class, did not matter so much as ability.”

“There was a certain aristocratic grace in him when he dealt with others.”

“There is, in the ideal of knighthood itself, an ambiguous element revealing a less arrogant aristocratic attitude towards the people.”

“Cultural development became universal for the aristocratical community of the ancient continent.”

“It must be noted that this flattening of the head has something in it of aristocratical significancy, like the crippling of the feet among the Chinese ladies of quality.”