Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

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

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

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

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

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

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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

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

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others...

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others...

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.