I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love, to choose the mildest sentence. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Yet if strict criticism should till frown on our method, let candor and good humor forgive what is done to the best of our… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
What I mean by love ... is this. A sympathetic liking--excited by fancy, directed by judgment--and to which is joined also a most sincere… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
[S]haring in common, without any thought of separate property, had ever been their friendly practice, from their first connection. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
I believe no gentleman would like to have his family affairs neglected because his wife was filling her head with crotchets and pothooks, and… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
I often used to think myself inthe case of the fox-hunter, who, when he had toiled and sweated all day in the chase as… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love,… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
[H]ow do I pity those who (assuming the name of friends) surround themselves with maxims importing the wisdom of doubt and suspicion, 'til they… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
I endeavor not to conceal that I believe there is a great mixture of desire in the passion which is called love--or rather, without… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
The supposition that it was possible for any woman to be so mean-spirited as not at least to wish to tear out her rival's… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes the beauty… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
The motives to actions and the inward turns of mind seem in our opinion more necessary to be known than the actions themselves; and… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
[F]or women, like tradesmen, draw in the injudicious to buy their goods by the high value they themselves set upon them… They endeavor strongly… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share
