Richardson

Famous quotes containing the word richardson:

“Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at first sight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)