103 Quotations by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
- 1. A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futil ...
- 2. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a ...
- 3. A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
- 4. A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
- 5. A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
- 6. Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
- 7. Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at ...
- 8. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
- 9. Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
- 10. As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run ...
- 11. Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.
- 12. Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
- 13. Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always th ...
- 14. Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
- 15. Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
- 16. Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man. Therefore mind it while you learn it, t ...
- 17. Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible re ...
- 18. Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.
- 19. Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instrument ...
- 20. For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the de ...
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