Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters.

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Alternative Names: Philip Dormer Stanhope • Lord Stanhope • Filip Dormer Çesterfild • Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield • Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Marriage is the cure of love, and friendship the cure of marriage.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.