Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
Lord Chesterfield
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Lord Chesterfield
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Lord Chesterfield
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
Lord Chesterfield
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
Lord Chesterfield
If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.
Lord Chesterfield
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Lord Chesterfield
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Lord Chesterfield
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Lord Chesterfield
Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should
Lord Chesterfield