Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. – Samuel Richardson
A widows refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. – Samuel Richardson

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. – Samuel Richardson
A widows refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. – Samuel Richardson
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor. – Samuel Richardson
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. – Samuel Richardson
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter…. In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866