Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

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...

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.

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...

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.