• Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

  Lord Chesterfield
  English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) 1694–1773
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. themselves
2. drunken
3. sober

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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. by : Lord Chesterfield

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