Philip Dormer Stanhope

Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have sometimes made a hero of the same man who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has heard me laugh.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded or blended; and vary as much from different situations, as changeable silks do from different lights.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; they will both fall into the ditch.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.

— Philip Dormer Stanhope