Lord Chesterfield

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

Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely read more

Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.

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.