Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or plays:
“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)
“For if he meets another cat he will kiss her in kindness.
For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it chance.”
—Christopher Smart (1722–1771)