Quotes by Richard Steele

“I have often lamented that we cannot close our ears with as much ease as we can our eyes”

“A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.”

“To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.”

“As every parent knows, a good education is a gift that keeps on giving for a lifetime.”

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

To love her was a liberal education.

A woman seldom writes her Mind but in her Postscript.

When one has no design but to speak plain truth he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.