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
The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield
Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. – 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