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 Image
I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long.… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
I know not whether it would be too bold an assertion to say that candor makes capacity.... But in order to try… — 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 Image
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 Image
[S]haring in common, without any thought of separate property, had ever been their friendly practice, from their first connection. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
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 Image