Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
Samuel Richardson
More from: Samuel Richardson
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. -
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. -
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not. -
Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself. -
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
More quotes by Samuel Richardson
- The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
- 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.
- Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
- Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
- As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.