Maxioms by Lord Chesterfield
Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely read more
Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and read more
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
