Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
(Chesterfield, “Letter to his son” 柴斯特菲爾得伯爵 [給兒子的信])
如果你能,就得比別人聰明些,但不可以據實以告.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult
(Chesterfield, “Letter to his son”)
傷害比侮辱易忘得多

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
(Chesterfield, “Letter to his son”)
忠言很少受人歡迎;越是需要它的人,越不喜歡它.

Idleness is the only the refuge of weak minds.
(Chesterfield, “Letter to his son”)
怠惰只是昏弱心靈的避難所