The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their...

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their...

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly...

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly...

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...