“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Women, then, are only children of a larger growth” — Lord Chesterfield
“Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.” — Lord Chesterfield
“What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Unlike my subject will I frame my song, It shall be witty and it shan't be long.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them.” — Lord Chesterfield
“The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.” — Lord Chesterfield