Quotes By Samuel Richardson

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

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

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

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

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

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

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

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 as we fancy we excel the meanest.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.

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

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

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

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

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

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