“ I recommend you to take care of the minutes for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield
“ Few men are of one plain decided colour most are mixed shaded and blended and vary as much from different situations as changeable silks do from different lights. Lord Chesterfield
“ Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes. Lord Chesterfield
“ The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge. Lord Chesterfield
“ Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out for if people are unwilling to hear you you had better hold your tongue than them. Lord Chesterfield
“ Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. Lord Chesterfield
“ The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. Lord Chesterfield
“ Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one… Lord Chesterfield
“ Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield
“ Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary br… Lord Chesterfield
“ Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great sha… Lord Chesterfield
“ Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
