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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

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...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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...

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

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

I edit out the bad stuff and deliver the good stuff. Seventy-five percent of all...

I edit out the bad stuff and deliver the good stuff. Seventy-five percent of all...

Italian wine was something rough and red that came in a straw-covered flask with a...

Italian wine was something rough and red that came in a straw-covered flask with a...