241 Quotes by Samuel Richardson

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye.

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

The seeds of Death are sown in us when we begin to live, and grow up till, like rampant weeds, they choak the tender flower of life.

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.

We all know by theory that there is no permanent happiness in this life: But the weight of the precept is not felt in the same manner as when it is confirmed to us by a heavy calamity.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

Virtue only is the true beauty.

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.