Love is not a volunteer thing.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

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

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

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a...

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a...

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...

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.

Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.

Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you...

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you...

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

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

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

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...

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

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

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

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...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay...

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.