Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Remember, that when I speak of pleasures I always mean the elegant pleasures of a rational being, and not the brutal ones… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
When I reflect upon what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Many young people adopt pleasures for which they have not the least taste, only because they are called by that name.... You… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
A foreign minister, I will maintain it, can never be a good man of business if he is not an agreeable man… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over” — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster:… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
