2nd Earl of Rochester

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or rochester:

“I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.”
—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)