In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. – Lord Chesterfield
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. – Lord Chesterfield
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. – Lord Chesterfield
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Whos sorry for a gnat or girl? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning