Distance of Time and Place do really cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking Leave of our Friends resembles taking Leave… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
He that dies before sixty, of a cold or consumption, dies, in reality, by a violent death. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
