As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

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• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it,

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel,

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:

  There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury i