Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. >>

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, >>

There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived alway >>

Quotations about Ancestry

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record d >>

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. >>

The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, >>

The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable.

Chesterfield, Lord