All nature wears one universal grin.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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

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

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...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...

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...

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than...

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than...

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...

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've...

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.