Samuel Richardson

“Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.”

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

“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”

“Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.”

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

“Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?”

“It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.”

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

“What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?”

“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.”

“Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.”

“The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.”

“Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.”

“Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.”

“Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.”

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

“To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!”

“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.”

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

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