Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
Henry Fieldingwas an English novelist and dramatist best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Additionally, he holds a significant place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to foundwhat some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His younger sister, Sarah, also became a successful writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 April 1707
doe charity may
Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.
joining-in laughing mirth
The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.
gambling luxury temptation
Gaming is a vice the more dangerous as it is deceitful; and, contrary to every other species of luxury, flatters its votaries with the hopes of increasing their wealth; so that avarice itself is so far from securing us against its temptations that it often betrays the more thoughtless and giddy part of mankind into them.
and-love dignity boon
Dignity and love were never yet boon companions.
envy soul mind
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
would-be folks glad
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
distress highest
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
witty money men
Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich -that one word contradicts everything you can say against him.
doctors physicians disease
Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.
coquette coquetry affection
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.
eating-and-drinking eating italian-food
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
ridiculous source
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation
pennies saved
Penny saved is a penny got.
proportion wells traveller
Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller. . .who always proportions his stay in any place.