Philip Stanhope

“Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.”

“Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.”

“In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.”

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

“Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.”

“A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.”

“Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.”