Samuel Richardson

By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.

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

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.