Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.
Lord ChesterfieldI wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.
Lord ChesterfieldReal merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.
Lord ChesterfieldCustom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
Lord ChesterfieldYoung men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience; which they call coldness. They are but half mistaken; for though spirit without experience is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and ineffective.
Lord Chesterfield