Lord Chesterfield – Page 2

Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we dont choose to have it known. – Lord Chesterfield

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. – Lord Chesterfield

Take the tone of the company you are in. – Lord Chesterfield

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it ones self to be acquainted with it. – Lord Chesterfield

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybodys torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. – Lord Chesterfield

If you can once engage peoples pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. – Lord Chesterfield

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. – Lord Chesterfield

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. – Lord Chesterfield

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. – Lord Chesterfield

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

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

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. – Lord Chesterfield

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. – Lord Chesterfield

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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. – Lord Chesterfield

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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

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

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. – Lord Chesterfield