Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be...

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be...

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will...

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not...

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not...

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

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.

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

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...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...