Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. – 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
Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it. – Samuel Richardson