Henry Fielding Quotes & Sayings

“Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.”

“A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.”

“When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.”

“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”

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

“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.”

“A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.”

“Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.”

“Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.”

“If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.”