Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
– Lord Chesterfield
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
– Lord Chesterfield
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
– Lord Chesterfield
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
– Lord Chesterfield
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.
– Lord Chesterfield
Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
– Lord Chesterfield
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.
– Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
– Lord Chesterfield
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– Lord Chesterfield
You must look into people as well as at them.
– Lord Chesterfield
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
– Lord Chesterfield
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
– Lord Chesterfield
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
– Lord Chesterfield
Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.
– Lord Chesterfield