If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in 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.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...

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...

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

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

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

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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.

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...

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.