The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.
From Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
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