1st Earl of Bedford

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“A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“When, said Mr. Phillips, he communicated to a New Bedford audience, the other day, his purpose of writing his life, and telling his name, and the name of his master, and the place he ran from, the murmur ran round the room, and was anxiously whispered by the sons of the Pilgrims, “He had better not!” and it was echoed under the shadow of the Concord monument, “He had better not!””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)