English - Novelist | August 19, 1689 - July 4, 1761
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.
Samuel Richardson
MindSmallWillFullMuchLarge
Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.
ChildrenParentsWorldThoughtQuit
As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.
FutureHappinessManChildEarly
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
LifeHopeCordialKeeps
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
EducationChildrenSocietyMakeMade
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.
LoveReadingWorthPersonTestTrue
All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
ChildhoodYearsManhoodDifferent
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
PersonAcceptMayOfferGenerous
Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.
GoodFindDislikeJustifyReasons
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.
GoodHumbleI AmMeGentlemanLady
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