What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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.

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...

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...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

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.

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...

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

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...

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...

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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

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

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...