Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Wisdom, in short, whose lessons have been represented as so hard to learn by those who never were at her school, only… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also… — 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
“An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“He had indeed conversed so entirely with money, that it may almost be doubted whether he imagined there was any other thing… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“...the pleasures of the world are chiefly folly, and the business of it mostly knavery, and both nothing better than vanity; the… — 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
