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
affection glory human-life
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
men ideas perfection
A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.
modesty rage ill
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.
men envy gains
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.
laughter men laughing
It may be remarked in general, that the laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a feint, constrained kind of half-laugh, as such persons are never without some diffidence about them; but that of fools is the most honest, natural, open laugh in the world.
marriage wedding heaven
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
inspirational life motivational
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
laziness doing-nothing labor
The insupportable labor of doing nothing.
enemy praise commendation
Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
giving offensive praise
I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
character men common
You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.
girl daughter mother
A Daughter: The companion, the friend, and the confidant of her mother, and the object of a pleasure something like the love between the angels to her father.
friendship dresses matter
Mutual good humor is a dress we ought to appear in wherever we meet, and we should make no mention of what concerns ourselves, without it be of matters wherein our friends ought to rejoice.
kindness men judging
The praise of an ignorant man is only good-will, and you should receive his kindness as he is a good neighbor in society, and not as a good judge of your actions in point of fame and reputation.