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

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

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

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

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

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...