In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool. – Lord Chesterfield
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. – Lord Chesterfield
The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable. – Lord Chesterfield
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I dont mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. – Charles de Lint