“The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.”
Women
“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
PowerAll Quotes by Samuel Richardson
“The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.”
Education“Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.”
Women“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.”
Great“Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.”
Women“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.”
Education“A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.”
Hope“Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.”
Men“Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.”
Power“Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.”
Marriage“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
Power“Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.”
Women“Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.”
Nature“Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.”
Humor“Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.”
Science“As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.”
Future“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.”
Friendship“The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.”
Sports“Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.”
Food“Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.”
Women