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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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.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

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.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous...