A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. – Lord Chesterfield
The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable. – 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
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield