“There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better… — Earl Of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Listen to everything that is said, and see everything that is done. Observe the looks and countenances of those who speak, which is often… — Earl Of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“The steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing… — Earl Of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any… — Earl Of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Follow nature and not fashion: weigh the present enjoyment of… — Earl of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Lay down a method also for your reading; let it be in a consistent and consecutive course, and not in that desultory and unmethodical… — Earl of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object,… — Earl of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt for the outside, is the proper relation between a man of sense and his… — Earl Of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel; alert, active, and indefatigable in the means of doing it.” — Earl of Chesterfield Copy Share Image
