Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
— Samuel Richardson
Friendship
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
— Samuel Richardson
Generosity
My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.
— Samuel Richardson
Knowledge
That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.
— Samuel Richardson
Philosophy
The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.
— Samuel Richardson
Perseverance
The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
— Samuel Richardson
Social Justice
I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.
— Samuel Richardson
Sadness
Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.
Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
— Samuel Richardson
Generosity