Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
From Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
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.
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.
When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
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