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

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

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

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...

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...

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

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

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

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...

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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.

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...

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.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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...