From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. – Samuel Richardson
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! – Samuel Richardson
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. – 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. – Samuel Richardson