Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Lord ChesterfieldSo much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.
Lord ChesterfieldI am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by knowing a great many words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows perfectly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life. Useful knowledge, in my opinion, consists of modern languages, history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement.
Lord Chesterfield