“ 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
“ When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. Henry Fielding
“ Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. Henry Fielding
“ Happy the man and happy he alone He can call today his own. He who secure within can say "Tomorrow do thy worst for I have lived today." Henry Fielding
“ Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. Henry Fielding
“ Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Henry Fielding
“ His designs were strictly honourable as the phrase is: that is to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. Henry Fielding
“ 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
“ And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, th… Henry Fielding
“ Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw… Henry Fielding
“ Adams dealt him so sound a Compliment over his Face with his Fist, that the Blood immediately gushed out of his Nose in a Stream. The Host being unwilling to be outdone in Courtesy, especially by a Pe… Henry Fielding
