When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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

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

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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.

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...

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and...

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and...

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...

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...

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

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.

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...