Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth. (Richard Steele)
Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools. (Richard Steele)
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her. (Richard Steele)
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy. (Richard Steele)
Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous. (Richard Steele)
Simplicity, of all things, is the hardest to be copied. (Richard Steele)
Women dissemble their passions better than men, but men subdue their passions better than women. (Richard Steele)
They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts (Richard Steele)
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. (Richard Steele)
A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband. (Richard Steele)
The conquest of passion gives ten times more happiness than we can reap from the gratification of it (Richard Steele)
The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered. (Richard Steele)
I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing with an exception. (Richard Steele)
The truth of it is, the first rudiments of education are given very indiscreetly by most parents (Richard Steele)
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications. (Richard Steele)