Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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...

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

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

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

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.

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...

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages...

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages...

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...

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

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,...

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

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

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...