It is not enough that your counsel should be honest; he must be sagacious.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Sagacity
S
Scandal
S
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Virtue
V
Wisdom, valour, and virtue were not his enemies, but they were the enemies of his enemies.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Greatness of Soul
G
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Audacity
A
Fortune makes her court to the bold, and is tamed by audacity.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Reputation
R
A good name is better than riches.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Perpetual Motion
P
Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Contradiction
C
Lawyers are like physicians: what one says, the other contradicts.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Married Fools
M
One fool at least in every married couple.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
Custom and Error
C
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones