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

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

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...

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.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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

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

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

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.

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.