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

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...

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

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

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.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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