The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

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...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

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 is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

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.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

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 plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...