All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest. Samuel Richardson
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband. Samuel Richardson
Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. Samuel Richardson
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. Samuel Richardson
The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. Samuel Richardson
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health. Samuel Richardson