Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable. — 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
Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve.… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There is nothing so necessary, but at the same time there is nothing more difficult (I know it by experience) for you… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but let them feel at the same time the steadiness of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
If you love music hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist upon your… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. — 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
