2nd Earl of Rochester

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or rochester:

    Many people come into company full of what they intend to say in it themselves, without the least regard to others; and thus charged up to the muzzle are resolved to let it off at any rate.
    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)