Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
Samuel RichardsonO! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
Samuel RichardsonOld men, imagining themselves under obligation to young paramours, seldom keep any thing from their knowledge.
Samuel RichardsonSuperstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others.
Samuel Richardson