3rd Earl of Essex

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or essex:

“I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed: the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)