Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-28
The Wit and wisdom of Lord Chey-
ter1ield.

| 4 up W Il Hiltl VI SAVS-
ter1ield.
l. lfyou have any regard for your character 4
if ycu would BE- loved end esteemed hereafter.
your youth is the Imo to get the materials to-
getEcr, aud to lay tho ioundation OF future
reputaIiou-the supers:!uo!urc will b, easily
6nished afterwards,
| .. Whenever you incd ANYBODY incapable OF
attention to the same objsc: for quarter of 40
| hour together ald easily diverted from it, that
person is frivolous, aod incapable of angtbiug
great Let nothiug divert you from the thing
y,u are about, uoes; it be Of uuch greater con.
sequsEc, thsa that thing.
3. How do ycu do y is absolutely aou
sense. spd has 20 meaning at all, but is used
By everybody fer what IS The state Of your
health
| 4. They say that great wits have short
memories" tu: | say that only fools havo
short Ones; because they are Incapable of atten
tior, st least to auytbing that deserves it, and
then they conpaia Of want Of memory
| 5. Can anything be moro lattcriug thau TO
| be acknowledged TO cxtaI ia whatever one at
Temps? Can id!caess and dissipation afford
soy pleasure eqIil 10 that? Qa NIL molitur
ocpte was sai1 o. Homer, sud Is the best thirg
that c3o bs said CT a15 body.
| 6. Da0cing is in .sei! very ttilling, silly
thing, but it is ooU Of those established ioliss
to which people OF selss arc sometimes obliged
to oootorn AID then they should be able to do
it we'll.
! !. Dicss is very foolish thirg. and yet it IL
very foolish thing for . man not to ba we'll
dressed according to his rank aud way ei life;
and it is 20 lar from beicg dispsraseueot to
any mans unders.anaiog, thai it is rather a
pfotl OF j: to be SIS we'll dressed as those Rnom
| hc lives with. The difference in this case be-
! tween man Of sense and Top IS. that the tup
values hims,H up9a his drtss, and the rusn oi
sense laughs al ii-at the same limo that he
knows that be Iuust not neglect it.
8. Diogcnes, the Cynic, Was wise man for
despispg the toIies of nea, but a fool for show
Jog it. Be wiser than other people II you car.
but do not tell them SO.
| .. People who have contempt for met ioc.
Iity ere not satisfied with es:aping censurc;
they aim OF praise, and BY desitng seldom fail
deserving and acqrlucg II.
| 10. Whenever you would persuade or pre-
vail, address yourself TO the passions; it is by
them nat uIs5ki1d is 10 be taken. CD,ar bsds
his soldiers, at the battle Of Phar,aila. ain 81
the fscss OF PoMpej's men. They did SO. ard
prevailed. bid you strike a. tho psssoDt.
and il you do, you 700 will prevail. II you eau
ouce crgagc peoples pride. love, pity. ambi
ton (rr what is their prevailing passoo) on.
your side, you coed not lear wba. their re6s)u
can do agaiost sou.
II. To p7oid extremes, 10 observe propriety.
10 consul. ones o#n strength. aud TO be cou
sisteot ttcm bsginniog TO end. are rreosrts az
useful for the man as fer the poet.
| l2. The moro yCu :uoH men, the less ynu
will tIust them.
l3. iouog people have commooly an uu
guarded opennes; aud lraDkoess ; they contract
friendships easily, arc crcdulous to prolessoE-.
and arc always the dupes of them.
| II. If you would have your secret kept. keep
it yourself, and as i. is possible that your friend
may cne day or other become your enemy, take
care not to pu. yourself 10 his power Whiio ho
is your friend.
II. The same arts and tricks that boys psy
upon one another fer bats, balls, and half.penos.
men will make use cf with sou whcn you be-
como msn, for Other purposes.
| I6. lIoderneath this s;oae doth lie
As nuoh Of virtue as could die.
| Which, when alive, did vigor Civ,
To as much beauty rs could live.
| II. Ho makes the satire Who applies II
qui capt. e fact.
! Is. There is 90 surer sign 10 tho world Of o
little weak mind, than ioattertlon.
ls. A man CT sense s:es, hears aod rctaiod
everything that passes where he Is.
20. Mind cot only what people say, but how
they say it and If sou have soy ssgacity, you
may discover more truth 5y Jour eyes than by
your ears People Gao sag what they ~ll. bu!
they cannot look Jus. as they w and their looks
frequently discover what their words are cscu
lated to conceal.
q, Certain forms, which all people conpy
With, and certain sr!s. witch all people aim at.
hide, in some degree the truth, aod give geu
e1al exterior resemblance to a!mos! everybody
Attention and ssgacity must SEQ through tha.
veil, and discover the na.ura! character
% II mac, With whom you ere but 5,Te'j
acquainted, ard to whom you nave made no
off.r, nor giyeo ap5 marks Of friendship. makes
you ca sudden. strong pro!easiocs OF h!s, re
ceiye them With civiIi;y, but co not repay thtm
With confidence. lie certainly mea1s to deceive
you, fer ooe maa does not fall ic love With
auothor a. sight.
%, If O man use stron2 pro;es.al!ons o. Caths.
TO make sou believe thing, which ia OF isol!
90 likely and probable that tie bare saying Gift
would be sufficient, depend uptn it he lies, and
is highly interested 10 making you believe IL,
or else be would net take so much pains.
"a A good author is always the se7eresL
critic Of bis oID compositions.
2j Coumon sanss po!ots out clslll,y, ooecI
vation teaches you the m1uoer OF 1t, which
makes it good breeding.
2G. Among wonen, as among men there are
!: coed as we'll as bad. end it mag be full as
many, or more, good thao among nlec. >,
81. individuals forgive somctlm:s; hut badie1
and societies never do.
? g. MsDy people tbirk i! very genteel aoa
WITTY to abuse the clerg5-in which they are *
!, tremeIy mistaken; sucs, 10 my oplnion' par
sons are very ike meO, and uether 20 toe Oct
ter nor the worse for wearing BLACK sowo.
q 90. Judge Of i0diVlduais from f your o~u
knowledge Of them; and not from their Sex
profession. or denonioatlon.
: 90, To know little Of anything gives nei'
l. ,hcr satisfaction cor credit, but often brings
ldisgraos or ridcule.