Lord Chesterfield

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the read more

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.