As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
Lord ChesterfieldMan is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.
Lord ChesterfieldNo man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.
Lord ChesterfieldI am provoked at the contempt which most historians show for humanity in general; one would think by them, that the whole human species consisted but of about a hundred and fifty people, called and dignified (commonly very undeservedly too) by the titles of Emperors, Kings, Popes, Generals, and Ministers.
Lord Chesterfield