Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.

- Richard Steele

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

- Richard Steele

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

- Richard Steele

Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.

- Richard Steele

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

- Richard Steele

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

- Richard Steele

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

- Richard Steele

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

- Richard Steele

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

- Richard Steele