Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

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

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

One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, on >>

Quotations about Wit

The banalities of a great man pass for wit. >>

True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but nev >>

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. >>

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

Chesterfield, Lord