Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.

Quote by Lord Chesterfield

Topics: Self Knowledge Quotes

Promptness is the soul of business

Promptness is the soul of business

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when...

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Style is the dress of thoughts

Style is the dress of thoughts

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it...

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it...

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Being pretty on the inside means you dont hit your brother and you eat all...

Being pretty on the inside means you dont hit your brother and you eat all...

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than...

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than...

Theres no other love like the love for a brother. Theres no other love like...

Theres no other love like the love for a brother. Theres no other love like...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

All four one and one for all. My brother and my friend, what fun we...

All four one and one for all. My brother and my friend, what fun we...

He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer,...

He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer,...

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen...

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen...

It takes two men to make one brother.

It takes two men to make one brother.

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other- they can sit in a...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other- they can sit in a...