Richard Steele — British Dramatist born on December 30, 1672, died on September 01, 1729

Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator... (wikipedia)

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.