99 Quotes by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Take the tone of the company you are in.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.