Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go. Lord Chesterfield More Quotes by Lord Chesterfield More Quotes From Lord Chesterfield Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. Lord Chesterfield meritgainsheart One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning. Lord Chesterfield teachingeducationthinking Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway. Lord Chesterfield datingmenway Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method. Lord Chesterfield methodbusinesssoul So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character. Lord Chesterfield personalitycharactermen Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. Lord Chesterfield decayyouthage The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. Lord Chesterfield knavesageheart For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. Lord Chesterfield realmenthinking Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed. Lord Chesterfield honestfailureerrors Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are in a state of mediocrity are best flattered upon their beauty, or at least their graces; for every woman who is not absolutely ugly thinks herself handsome. Lord Chesterfield gracebeautifulthinking Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. Lord Chesterfield vanitypassionmen Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh. Lord Chesterfield laughterfashionsilly Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings. Lord Chesterfield womenunderstandingbeautiful There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all. Lord Chesterfield secretmenorder When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned. Lord Chesterfield passionremembermen Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them. Lord Chesterfield enjoypleasuretaste We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. Lord Chesterfield imitationhalf It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents. Lord Chesterfield favorssightpeople Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character. Lord Chesterfield gamblingplaycharacter Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. Lord Chesterfield capitalismdeception
