Richard Steele Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Richard Steele quotes, Richard Steele sayings, and Richard Steele proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Richard Steele
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Richard Steele
A true and genuine impudence is ever the effect of ignorance, without the least sense of it. Richard Steele
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy. Richard Steele
When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. Richard Steele
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. Richard Steele
It is a very melancholy reflection that men are usually so weak that it is absolutely necessary for them to know sorrow and pain to be in their right senses. Richard Steele
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Richard Steele
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. Richard Steele
Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort. Richard Steele
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Richard Steele
The person whom you favoured with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you. Richard Steele
Tradition is not a fetish to he prayed to— but a useful record of experiences. Time should bring improvement—but not all old things are worthless. We are served by both the moderns and the ancients. The balanced man is he who clings to the best in the old—and appropriates the desirable in the new. Richard Steele
A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband. Richard Steele
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pout; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. Richard Steele
Pride destroys all symmetry and grace, and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the smallpox. Richard Steele
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent. Richard Steele