Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorThere will be friends who will openly declare our faults to us, and yet will not decide to mention our follies.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorMan hates those who make him feel his own inferiority.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorIf you aim to someday lead with dignity, you must serve with diligence.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorThe only thing I want for my burial is not to be buried alive.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorPeople, in general, tolerate much better that their vices and crimes are spoken about, than their failures and weaknesses.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorOld age does not improve the heart: it hardens it.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorStyle is the dress of thought; and a well-dressed thought, like a well-dressed man, presents itself better.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorIn old age, science is for us a comfortable refuge; and if we do not plant it when we are young, it will not give us shade when we are old.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorTreating others as one would like to be treated is the safest way to please that I know.
Earl of Chesterfield
View AuthorIf we do not plant the tree of wisdom when we are young, it will not be able to lend us its shade in old age.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorThe adventure may be crazy, but the adventurer must be sane.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorIn everything worth having, even in pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be endured for pleasure to revive and endure.