Quotes of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

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Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked for the time, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly unasked.

- Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

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