Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
Samuel RichardsonA good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.
Samuel RichardsonThe World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
Samuel RichardsonIn all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION.
Samuel Richardson