110 Quotes by Richard Steele

A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.

Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.

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.

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.

The insupportable labor of doing nothing.

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.

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.