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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A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation,...

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation,...

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.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

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...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

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...

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...

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...