A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

Quote by Henry Fielding

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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities...

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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

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

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...

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...

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the...

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the...

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult...

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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.