Earl Of Chesterfield Quotes

“I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One

“Listen to everything that is said, and see everything that is done. Observe the looks and countenances of those who speak, which is often a surer way of discovering the truth than from what they say. But then keep all those observations to yourself, for your own private use, and rarely communicate them to others. Observe, without being thought an observer, for otherwise people will be upon their guard before you.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One

“There are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better than doing nothing.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One

“The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one’s self to be acquainted with it.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One

“A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One

“The steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.”
― Earl Of Chesterfield, Earl Of Chesterfield: Letters To His Son Part One