Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope
british-statesman burden ease gratitude imperfect lighten ourselves willing
Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.
british-statesman course time
There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.
british-statesman great himself ivy man merit power raise round
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
british-statesman business detect expose eyes man perceive seem wrong
It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.
british-statesman children flatters forward larger man neither nor plays serious trifles trusts women
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
british-statesman care deserve dress surely
Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person.