Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.
Lord ChesterfieldThe possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them.
Lord ChesterfieldMen, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
Lord ChesterfieldI can hardly bring myself to caution you against drinking, because I am persuaded that I am writing to a rational creature, a gentleman, and not to a swine. However, that you may not be insensibly drawn into that beastly custom of even sober drinking and sipping, as the sots call it, I advise you to be of no club whatsoever.
Lord Chesterfield