Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

Quote by Richard Steele

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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

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

A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour...

A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour...

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she...

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she...

The truth of it is, the first rudiments of education are given very indiscreetly by...

The truth of it is, the first rudiments of education are given very indiscreetly by...

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate.

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a...

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can...

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can...

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in...

Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all...

ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...