Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights >>

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. >>

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. >>

Quotations about Injury

No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so m >>

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. >>

To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel >>

There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Chesterfield, Lord