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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

British - Statesman | September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773

You must look into people as well as at them.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

People You Look Well Must Them

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Love Hate Politicians Interest Them

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Learning People You Wiser Never Out

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Peace Wife Man Separation Solid His

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.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Religion World Advice Will Never

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Fear Age Heart Liar Better Young

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Great Imagination Want Narrative

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.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Go Run Misfortune Sons Seldom

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

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Dress Mind Understanding Flaw Any

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Time Man Dress Values Difference

Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Honest Error Ridiculed Pitied

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

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Fashion Person Right

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