Richard Steele Quote

It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.


in The Tatler no. 203 (27 July 1710)


It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.

It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.

It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.

It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.