All LORD CHESTERFIELD Quotes about “Funny”

“Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.”
“The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.”
“Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.”
“I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.”
“In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.”
“Remember that the wit, humour, and jokes of most mixed companies are local. They thrive in that particular soil, but will not often bear transplanting.”
“As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.”
“In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.”

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