Henry Fielding Quotes

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

All nature wears one universal grin.

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.