It is an error common to many to take the character of mankind from the worst and basest amongst them; whereas, as an excellent writer has observed, nothing should be esteemed as characteristical, of a species but what is to be found amongst the best and the most perfect individuals of that species.
Henry FieldingBeauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love.
Henry FieldingFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Henry Fielding