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

Quote by Richard Steele

Topics: Witty 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.

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes...

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes...

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

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...

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.