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
When Im not thanked at all, Im thanked enough, Ive done my duty, and Ive done no more. – Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. – Henry Fielding
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven. – Henry Fielding
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and the proverbs of nations, which embody the commonsense of nations, have the brisk concussion of the most sparkling wit. – Edwin P. Whipple, lecture delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Associa