They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts

Quote by Richard Steele Sr

Topics: Living Quotes

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit...

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit...

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image...

Marriage is too important to be treated like a love affair

Marriage is too important to be treated like a love affair

The conquest of passion gives ten times more happiness than we can reap from the...

The conquest of passion gives ten times more happiness than we can reap from the...

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...

He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his...

He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed...

Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young