Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or essex:
“There is a social respect necessary in company: you may start your own subject of conversation with modesty, taking care, however, de ne jamais parler de cordes dans la maison d’un pendu.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)