1st Earl of Upper Ossory

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or upper:

    I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed: the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    The first to strike will gain the upper hand.
    Chinese proverb.