Keep your own secret, and get out other people's. Keep your own temper, and artfully warm other people's. Counterwork your rivalswith diligence and dexterity, but at the same time with the utmost personal civility to them: and be firm without heat.
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where… - Lord Chesterfield
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where…
- Lord Chesterfield
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasure… - Lord Chesterfield
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasure…
There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing. - Lord Chesterfield
There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited lau… - Lord Chesterfield
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited lau…
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. - Lord Chesterfield
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. - Lord Chesterfield
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. - Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. - Lord Chesterfield
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
Give Dayrolles a chair. - Lord Chesterfield
Give Dayrolles a chair.
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