Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

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...

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

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...

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.

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

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

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

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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.

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...

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...

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be...

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be...

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.

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...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their...

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their...

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

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

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

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.