2nd Earl of Rochester

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or rochester:

    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)

    The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
    Is the best can be said for a very good wife.
    John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)