There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

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

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

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...

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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

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

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.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

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.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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...