Philip Dormer Stanhope Quotes

I come now to another part of your letter, which is the orthography, if I may call bad spelling orthography. You spell induce, enduce; and grandeur, you spell grandure; two faults, of which few of my house-maids would have been guilty. I must tell you, that orthography, in the true sense of the word, is so absolutely necessary for a man of letters, or a gentleman, that one false spelling may fix a ridicule upon him for the rest of his life; and I know a man of quality, who never recovered the ridicule of having spelled wholesome without the w.

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him

Chance favors the prepared mind.

I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.

Well, then, good night to you; you have no objection, I hope, to my being drunk to-night, which I certainly will be.

Dissimulate, but do not simulate, disguise your real sentiments, but do not falsify them. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and mouth mostly shut. When new or stale gossip is brought to you, never let on that you know it already, nor that it really interests you.

Common sense is the best sense I know of

We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

In the currency of life, time is the most valuable coin.

A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

I recommend you take care of the minutes: for hours take care of themselves