Philip Dormer Stanhope

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say read more

If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad
company by doing so."

Despatch is the soul of business.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.

These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.