Henry Fielding Quotes

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

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

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.

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

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

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts