Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of

English politician

• "Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one."
• "Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them."
• "In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge."
• "The pleasure is momentary, the position rediculous, and the expense damnable."
• "Vicious minds abound with anger and revenge are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."