Books Quotes by Henry Fielding

“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled…

— Henry Fielding

A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

— Henry Fielding

Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or…

— Henry Fielding

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

— Henry Fielding

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in…

— Henry Fielding

The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species…

— Henry Fielding

Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our…

— Henry Fielding

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of…

— Henry Fielding

One fool at least in every married couple.

— Henry Fielding

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when…

— Henry Fielding

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

— Henry Fielding

As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often…

— Henry Fielding

A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.

— Henry Fielding

Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.

— Henry Fielding

A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you…

— Henry Fielding