Richard Steele
Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steelewas an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Tatler...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDramatist
sex men views
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.
receiving praise pleasure
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
looks morality look-up
I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me
writing mind
A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript
mind care endless
It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do
character thinking envy
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him
husband faithful littles
A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.
inspirational life motivational
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
art knows
He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.
men purpose pleasure
Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.
honor favors wells
A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.
silly men opposites
Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in "speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune.