A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. – H. L. Mencken

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. – Cardinal J. Newman

He was the product of an English public school and university. He was, moreover, a modern product of those seats of athletic exercise. He had little education and highly developed muscles — that is to say, he was no scholar, but essentially a gentleman. – H. Seton Merriman