259 Quotes by Henry Fielding

Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing by in silence that very large and powerful body which form the fourth estate in the community . . . the Mob.

Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.

For parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power.

Enough is equal to a feast.

As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man to enter into an agreement with his wife, that in all disputes of this kind the party who was most convinced they were right should always surrender the victory. By which means both would be more forward to give up the cause.

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice to Fortune, and hath convicted her of many facts in which she had not the least concern.

Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.