Samuel Richardson Quotes

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity. - Samuel Richardson quote.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention—but calamity is the test of integrity.
— Samuel Richardson Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

integrity calamity

Romances in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment.
— Samuel Richardson A Collection of the Moral and Instructive Sentiments

romance

Oh! What a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the rich and the great for nothing else! - Samuel Richardson quote.

Oh!  What a Godlike Power is that of doing Good!  I envy the rich and the great for nothing else!
— Samuel Richardson Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded

helping others

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled. - Samuel Richardson quote.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.
— Samuel Richardson Pamela: Or, Vice Rewarded

humility grace

Friendship is the perfection of love, and superior to love; it is love purified, exalted, proved by experience and a consent of minds. Love, Madam, may, and love does, often stop short of friendship. - Samuel Richardson quote.

Friendship is the perfection of love, and superior to love; it is love purified, exalted, proved by experience and a consent of minds. Love, Madam, may, and love does, often stop short of friendship.
— Samuel Richardson

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