A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
– Earl of Chesterfield
Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt for the outside, is the proper relation between a man of sense and his books.
– Earl of Chesterfield
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
– Earl of Chesterfield
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
– Earl of Chesterfield
Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
– Earl of Chesterfield
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.