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

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.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

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...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.

Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me superman.

I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me superman.