Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven. – Henry Fielding
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. – Henry Fielding
When Im not thanked at all, Im thanked enough, Ive done my duty, and Ive done no more. – Henry Fielding
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding
Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. – Henry Fielding
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. – Henry Fielding
There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself. – Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. – Henry Fielding
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. – Henry Fielding
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. – Henry Fielding
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! – Henry Fielding
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. – Henry Fielding
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. – Henry Fielding
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible. – Henry Fielding
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. – Henry Fielding
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil. – Henry Fielding
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. – Henry Fielding
Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. – Henry Fielding
