To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

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...

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...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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...

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 man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

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

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...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

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

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

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

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...

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

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

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