A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
HENRY FIELDINGA lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
HENRY FIELDINGWisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
HENRY FIELDINGIt is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
HENRY FIELDINGA newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
HENRY FIELDINGThwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDINGFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGA wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
HENRY FIELDINGAll nature wears one universal grin.
HENRY FIELDINGA truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
HENRY FIELDINGWhat a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
HENRY FIELDINGThe slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
HENRY FIELDINGLife may as properly be called an art as any other.
HENRY FIELDINGMake money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
HENRY FIELDING