A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must… — 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… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“[F]or who ever heard of a Gold-finder that had the Impudence or Folly to assert, from the ill Success of his Search,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Beauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Affectation proceeds from one of these two causes,--vanity or hypocrisy; for as vanity puts us on affecting false characters, in order to… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“To see a Woman you love in Distress; to be unable to relieve her, and at the same Time to reflect that… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“[A]s it is impossible that any man endowed with rational faculties, and being in a state of freedom, should willingly agree, without… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“The citadel of Jones was now taken by surprise. All those considerations of honour and prudence which our heroe had lately with… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. — 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
