“Endeavor as much as you can, to keep company with people above you: there you rise, as much as you sink with people below you...Do not mistake when I say company above you, and think that I mean with regard to their birth: that is the least consideration but I mean with regard to their merit and the…”— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.comTagged: Life
“It is a sure sign of a little mind to be doing one thing, and at the same time to be either thinking of another, or not thinking at all. One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.”— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.comTagged: Life
“I would rather be in company with a dead man, than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt.”— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.comTagged: Life
“Remains of antiquity, public buildings, paintings, sculptures, etc ought to be seen and that with a proper degree of attention but this is soon done, for they are only outsides. It is not so with more important objections; the insides of which must be seen; and they require and deserve much more att…”— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.comTagged: Life