Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.
Richard SteeleThe survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
Richard SteeleWhether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.
Richard SteelePleasure seizes the whole man who addicts himself to it, and will not give him leisure for any good office in life which contradicts the gayety of the present hour.
Richard Steele