Henry Fielding Quotes

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

Enough is equal to a feast. Henry Fielding

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

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

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. Henry Fielding

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. Henry Fielding

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

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

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. Henry Fielding

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