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Henry Fielding Quotes


A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

Henry Fielding
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

Henry Fielding
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Henry Fielding
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

Henry Fielding
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Henry Fielding
All nature wears one universal grin.

Henry Fielding
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.

Henry Fielding
Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Henry Fielding
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Henry Fielding
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Henry Fielding
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Henry Fielding
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Henry Fielding
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

Henry Fielding
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

Henry Fielding
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Henry Fielding
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Henry Fielding
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Henry Fielding
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Henry Fielding
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

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

Henry Fielding