When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have...

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have...

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is...

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is...

The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men...

The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men...

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem...

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.