Lord Chesterfield Quotes about Inspirational
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.290
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.130
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.533
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC
Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.224
"Manners and speech or maxims extracted from Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1884.
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
"Character of Bolingbroke"; reported in "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th ed. (1919),
Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.239, Oxford University Press
