John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3867 Philip Dormer Stanhope
| NUMBER: | 3867 |
| AUTHOR: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
| QUOTATION: | The dews of the evening most carefully shun,— Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Advice to a Lady in Autumn. |