Henry Fielding
content blessing riches
“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
love scandal sweetener tea
“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
corrupted books companions
“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
good men wise bad
“It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
fashion appareance desire seem be
“Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
countenance letter recommendation
“A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
nothing given required
“To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
religion excuse fault incentive virtue
“Your religion...serves you only for an excuse for your faults, but is no incentive to your virtue.”
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
money god plague devil
"Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
adversity trial principle honesty
"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
poverty riches reason
"Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason"
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
money fruit root evil
"Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
lottery taxation fools
"A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
newspaper number words news
"A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
public school nursery vice immorality
"Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
good writers imitate traveller proportion stay place
"Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller … who always proportions his stay in any place."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
wine turncoat friend enemy
"Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy."
― Henry Fielding (1707-1754)