Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.Lord Chesterfield
The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.Lord Chesterfield
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.Lord Chesterfield
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.Lord Chesterfield
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.Lord Chesterfield
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.Lord Chesterfield
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.Lord Chesterfield
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.Lord Chesterfield
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.Lord Chesterfield
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.Lord Chesterfield
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.Lord Chesterfield
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Lord Chesterfield
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.Lord Chesterfield