Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim >>

Take the tone of the company you are in. >>

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill mann >>

Quotations about Manners

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

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. >>

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true >>

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Chesterfield, Lord