From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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...

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

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.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

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...

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

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.

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.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

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...

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

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...

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

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

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

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be...

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be...