Pleasure 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 SteeleI look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me
Richard SteeleA 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.
Richard SteeleSince we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.
Richard Steele