241 Quotes by Samuel Richardson

Tired of myself longing for what I have not

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.

Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.