The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
Vast is the field of Science... the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
Love is a blazing, crackling, green-wood flame, as much smoke as flame; friendship, married friendship particularly, is a steady,intense, comfortable fire. Love, in courtship,… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
The eye is the casement at which the heart generally looks out. Many a woman who will not show herself at the door, has… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share
