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

Quote by Henry Fielding

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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...

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

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

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...

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

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...

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

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

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

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than...

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than...

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...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.