Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
HENRY FIELDINGMost men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
HENRY FIELDINGA rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
HENRY FIELDINGWhat a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
HENRY FIELDINGLife may as properly be called an art as any other.
HENRY FIELDINGThe woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
HENRY FIELDINGNow in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
HENRY FIELDINGA lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
HENRY FIELDINGThere is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
HENRY FIELDINGFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGWisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
HENRY FIELDINGThere’s one fool at least in every married couple.
HENRY FIELDINGA man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
HENRY FIELDINGNothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
HENRY FIELDINGSuccess is a fruit of slow growth.
HENRY FIELDINGIt is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
HENRY FIELDING