“No two things could be more the Reverse of each other than were the Brother and Sister, in most instances; particularly in… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Twelve times did the iron register of time beat on the sonorous bell-metal, summoning the ghosts to rise, and walk their nightly… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of his person, who… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world. — 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
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
“Why, then,' answered the squire, 'I am very sorry you have given him so much learning; for, if he cannot get his… — 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
