Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.
Lord ChesterfieldTwo people cannot be alone together for upwards of half an hour without one emerging as the superior.
Lord ChesterfieldOne man affirms that he has rode post a hundred miles in six hours; probably it is a lie; but supposing it to be true, what then? Why, he is a very good post-boy; that is all. Another asserts, and probably not without oaths, that he has drunk six or eight bottles of wine at a sitting; out of charity I will believe him a liar; for if I do not, I must think him a beast.
Lord Chesterfield