We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
Henry FieldingRiches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
Henry FieldingAdversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Henry FieldingAs it often happens that the best men are but little known, and consequently cannot extend the usefulness of their examples a great way, the biographer is of great utility, as, by communicating such valuable patterns to the world, he may perhaps do a more extensive service to mankind than the person whose life originally afforded the pattern.
Henry Fielding