A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
As it often happens that the best men are but little known, and consequently cannot extend the usefulness of their examples a… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There are persons of that general philanthropy and easy tempers, which the world in contempt generally calls good-natured, who seem to be… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is a sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had in conversation; so… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The good or evil we confer on others very often, I believe, recoils on ourselves; for as men of a benign disposition… — 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
