A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
child consult flatter
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
These are some quotes by British author Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Statesman, who lived between September 22, 1694 and March 24, 1773.
