259 Quotes by Henry Fielding

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms.

These kind of hair-breadth missings of happiness look like the insults of fortune.

Since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, the other is to get rid of one.

There is not in the universe amore ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough. I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

The dusky night rides down the sky, / And ushers in the morn; / The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Discourses on subjects above our comprehension... it's like listening to an unknown language.