Lord Chesterfield, a statesman of the eighteenth century, is remembered almost entirely for the letters of advice he wrote to his son. This selection gathers the best of them into sentences and maxims on conduct, conversation, vanity, friendship and the ways of the world, introduced by Charles Sayle with a critical essay by Sainte-Beuve.
Shrewd, polished and sometimes cynical, a classic of worldly wisdom. Download the free EPUB.