Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered — Lord Chesterfield
Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season — Lord Chesterfield
Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don’t choose to have it known. — Lord Chesterfield
Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. — Lord Chesterfield
The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them. — Lord Chesterfield
Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially — Lord Chesterfield