Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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

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

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...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

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 English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

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...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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...

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...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false 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,...

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...

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

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

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...