Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Quote by Henry Fielding

Topics: Gossip Quotes, Love Quotes, Scandal Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

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.

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

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

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe...

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe...

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...

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...

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

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

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...