Maxioms by Lord Chesterfield
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.
