Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Quote by Henry Fielding

Topics: Gossip Quotes, Love Quotes, Scandal Quotes

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the...

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the...

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who...

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who...

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.