“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.”
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
1694 – 1773
English statesman and man of letters, author of "Letters to His Son".
24 quotesAbout Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield on Wikipedia
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
“The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.”
“Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing.”
“I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.”
“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”
“Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.”
“Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with.”
“In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.”
“Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.”
“I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.”
“Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.”
“The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so.”
“People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.”
“Courts and camps are the only places to learn the world in.”
