I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that…

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1747–1748), Vol. 2, p. 231; Letter 92.

English (original)

I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.

— Samuel Richardson

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.