The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – Lord Chesterfield
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield
In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool. – Lord Chesterfield
For — believe me — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into unchartered seas! – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), The Gay Science, “Book Four: St Januarius