Lord Chesterfield Time Quotations

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

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.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.