Teaching

A man of very deep learning must have employed the greatest part of his time in books; and a skilful negotiator must necessarily have employed much the greater part of his time with man.


.................You must be well bred and polite, but without stiffness of ceremony. You must be respectful and assenting, but without being servile and abject. You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, without being costive. You must keep up dignity of character, without the least pride of birth or rank. You must be gay within all the bounds of decency and respect; and grave without the affectation of wisdom. You must be essentially secret, without being dark and mysterious. You must be firm, and even bold, but with great seeming modesty.

Earl of Chesterfield, Man of the World, 16 Nov. 1752