Snobs in high places are always much less tolerable than snobs of low degree, because they have more frequent opportunities of making their want of manliness felt.

They assume greater airs, and are pretentious in all that they do; and the higher their elevation, the more conspicuous is the incongruity of their position.

"The higher the monkey climbs," says the proverb, "the more he shows his tail." Much depends on the way in which a thing is done.

An act which might be taken as a kindness if done in a generous spirit, when done in a grudging spirit, may be felt as stingy, if not harsh and even cruel.
When Ben Jonson lay sick and in poverty, the king sent him a paltry message, accompanied by a gratuity.

The sturdy plainspoken poet's reply was: "I suppose he sends me this because I live in an alley; tell him his soul lives in an alley." From what we have said, it will be obvious that to be of an enduring and courageous spirit, is of great importance in the formation of character.
It is a source not only of usefulness in life, but of happiness.