Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

You must look into people as well as at them.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.