259 Quotes by Henry Fielding

One fool at least in every married couple.

The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

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

The man who is wantonly profuse of his promises ought to sink his credit as much as a tradesman would by uttering a great number of promissory notes payable at a distant day. The truest conclusion in both cases is, that neither intend or will be able to pay. And as the latter most probably intends to cheat you of your money, so the former at least designs to cheat you of your thanks.

What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence.

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

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.