Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary to excel in either; which, in my opinion, is by no means the case of music, though called a liberal art, and now in Italy placed even above the other two--a proof of the decline of that country.
Lord ChesterfieldNext to clothes being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if, in wearing it, he shows a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it was a plain one.
Lord ChesterfieldAn able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.
Lord ChesterfieldIt seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.
Lord ChesterfieldI have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures.
Lord ChesterfieldBeing pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
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