# Letters, sentences and maxims Author: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773; Sayle, Charles, 1864-1924 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869 [Contributor] Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69855 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Letters%2C+sentences+and+maxims+Chesterfield&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary “In point of style, a finished classical work; they contain instructions for the conduct of life that will never be obsolete. Instinct with the most consummate good sense and knowledge of life and business, and certainly nothing can be more attractive than the style in which they are set before their readers.”--_Quarterly Review_, vol. lxxvi., 1845. ## Chapters - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-sentences-and-maxims-69855/chapters/19/index.md)