Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

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...

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...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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

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

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

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

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

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.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

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.

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...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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

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

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.

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.

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.