Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.
Henry FieldingHis designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.
Henry FieldingContempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles there little fancy on every occasion, it never enters the great and good mind but on the strongest motives; nor is it then a welcome guest,--affording only an uneasy sensation, and bringing always with it a mixture of concern and compassion.
Henry Fielding