The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

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...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

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

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

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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

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

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.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

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...

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.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

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...

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

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

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

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

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

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...

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.