I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, who used to say, 'Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.' of W. Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury in the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George the Third.
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Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Dispatch is the soul of business.
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Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.
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Style is the dress of thoughts ... if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
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The dews of the evening most carefully shun, Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Idleness is the holiday of fools.
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