“Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.”
Humor
“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.”
WomenAll Quotes by Samuel Richardson
“Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.”
Women“Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.”
Power“From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.”
Humor“Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.”
Hope“Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.”
Women“Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.”
Men“The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.”
Sports“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“Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.”
Learning“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“Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.”
Marriage“Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.”
Marriage“Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.”
Nature“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
Power“A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.”
Hope“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.”
Great“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“Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.”
Women“Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.”
Science