Lord Chesterfield Advice Quotations

When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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

I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.

Take the tone of the company you are in.

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.