Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than wit >>

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are >>

Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred >>

Quotations about Persuasion

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward >>

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this wo >>

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselve >>

He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.

Chesterfield, Lord