Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Samuel RichardsonNovelist · English · 1689 – 1761
More from Samuel Richardson
Women QuotesHusband Quotes
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. — Ambrose Bierce
  • The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself. — E. M. Forster
  • A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. — Honore de Balzac
  • The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. — Samuel Richardson
  • O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! — Samuel Richardson
  • Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. — Samuel Richardson
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026