Author of quotes: Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Idleness is the holiday of fools.
Idleness is the holiday of fools.

The ability to Express their thoughts is no less important than these thoughts, for most people there is a rumor that should be delighted, and only the few - the mind able to judge what was said.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.
I recommend You take care of the minute: the watch will take care of itself.

To win the favor of women, require the same flattery to please a man - is different every time.

There is no woman ugly enough to be insensible to the compliment.

I never give advice in matters of religion and marriage: I don't want anyone endured the misery for me on this or in the next world.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide.

Knowledge is a refuge and shelter, a convenient and necessary in his old age, and if we do not plant a tree while we're young, then when we are old, we will have no shadows to hide from the sun.

Every collection of people is a crowd, regardless of whom it is... Mind the crowd there, but there are ears that should be flatter, and the eyes that should be like.

The inferiority of our friends gives us considerable pleasure.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison.
Good humor - good for the soul, sadness - the poison for her.

Keep your knowledge, like the watch in the internal pocket; do not show them, as shown by the clock, no reason, only to show that you have.

God knows it's tough in this life, and patience is the only way to live at least not worse.

If someone says that drinking six or eight bottles of wine in one sitting, from only one charity I will consider him a liar, not something I have to think that he is a beast.