The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing...

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing...

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

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

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

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...

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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