Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Lord ChesterfieldMind not only what people say, but how they say it; and if you have any sagacity, you may discover more truth by your eyes than by your ears. People can say what they will, but they cannot look just as they will; and their looks frequently (reveal) what their words are calculated to conceal.
Lord ChesterfieldYou must embrace the man you hate, if you cannot be justified in knocking him down.
Lord ChesterfieldIt must be owned, that the Graces do not seem to be natives of Great Britain; and I doubt, the best of us here have more of rough than polished diamond.
Lord ChesterfieldIt seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer a doctor who is anoptimist and who gives me remedies that will improve my health. Philosophical consolations are, after all, useless against real ailments. I know only two kinds of sickness--physical and moral: all the others are purely in the imagination.
Lord Chesterfield