241 Quotes by Samuel Richardson

The woman who thinks meanly of herself is any man's purchase.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.

A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.