The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.
Richard SteeleAge in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.
Richard SteeleSince our persons are not of our own making, when they are such as appear defective or uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable fortitude to dare to be ugly.
Richard Steele