A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Henry FieldingConsidering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.
Henry FieldingA grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you laugh, but a surgeon ought rather to make you cry.
Henry FieldingO 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.
Henry Fielding