Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit. Henry Fielding More Quotes by Henry Fielding More Quotes From Henry Fielding Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Henry Fielding gossip tea love Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil. Henry Fielding money inspiring funny There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding church literature animal And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another. Henry Fielding kissing believe lying Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters. Henry Fielding women character men The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others. Henry Fielding recommendations praise people Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason Henry Fielding riches poverty reason Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Henry Fielding adversity inspirational men A good countenance is a letter of recommendation. Henry Fielding recommendations countenance letters What caricature is in painting, burlesque is in writing; and in the same manner the comic writer and painter correlate to each other; as in the former, the painter seems to have the advantage, so it is in the latter infinitely on the side of the writer. For the monstrous is much easier to paint than describe, and the ridiculous to describe than paint. Henry Fielding ridiculous sides writing Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. Henry Fielding laughter joy happiness The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem. Henry Fielding coquette judgment lying Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you. Henry Fielding ethics trust men A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation. Henry Fielding taxation fool creation It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good. Henry Fielding good-man wise men It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so. Henry Fielding design care action Enough is equal to a feast. Henry Fielding equal enough Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life. Henry Fielding boards games chess When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. Henry Fielding hilarious witty children There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished. Henry Fielding alma-mater individual men
