Maxioms by Lord Chesterfield
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
