I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.
Samuel RichardsonThe longer a woman remains single, the more apprehensive she will be of entering into the state of wedlock. At seventeen or eighteen, a girl will plunge into it, sometimes without either fear or wit; at twenty, she will begin to think; at twenty-four, will weigh and discriminate; at twenty-eight, will be afraid of venturing; at thirty, will turn about, and look down the hill she has ascended, and sometimes rejoice, sometimes repent, that she has gained that summit sola.
Samuel Richardson...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.-To be sure she must be an atheist!
Samuel Richardson