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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All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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...

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art...

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art...

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...

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of...

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of...

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be...

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be...

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for...

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for...

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

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

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