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 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

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
Henry Fielding