The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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.

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.

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...