The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
Thomas Carlyle
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
Pierre Corneille
And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
John Dryden
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Mahatma Gandhi
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Plato
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
Thomas Shadwell
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Leonardo da Vinci