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
trust persons maxims
It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.
wise hero character
...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.
art powerful eye
O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
bears insolence contempt
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
blessing blessing-to-others charity
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
fool taxation creation
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
tea scandal cold
Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
men errors may
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
enough equal
Enough is equal to a feast.
education school vices
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
poverty riches reason
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason
support vices insult
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
vanity generosity different
O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue.