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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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.

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...

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

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

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...

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

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.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother ... Oh, how...

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother ... Oh, how...

Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and...

Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and...