In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
Lord ChesterfieldThe nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.
Lord ChesterfieldThe power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.
Lord ChesterfieldWe are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.
Lord Chesterfield