Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. – Lord Chesterfield
I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – Lord Chesterfield