Love is not a volunteer thing.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many...

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many...

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...

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

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...

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...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

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...

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...

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.

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...

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

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

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

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...

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

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...

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

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

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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

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

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,...