Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Of Chesterfield quotes

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.