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

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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...

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...

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...

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

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

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

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

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,...

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

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...

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...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...