Quotes by : Henry Fielding

An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but....

Handsome is that handsome does.

I have often wondered, Sir, [. . .] to observe so few Instances of Charity among Mankind; for tho' the....

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

Happy the man and happy he alone He can call today his own. He who secure within can say "Tomorrow....

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Such indeed was her image, that neither could Shakespeare describe, nor Hogarth paint, nor Clive act,....

Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.

Nobody scarce doth any good, yet they all agree in praising those who do. Indeed, it is strange that....

...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of his....