Life itself is a jest; and a very poor one too.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Life as Jest
L
Affectation Ridiculous
A
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Poverty Riches Reason
P
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Honest Sagacious Counsel
H
It is not enough that your counsel is honest: he must be sagacious.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Authenticity in Acting
A
When I am playing a part, I am myself.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Sensitivity of the Good
S
A good person hath the quickest sense of pain.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Heroic Endurance
H
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Prudence vs Tenderness
P
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Effects of Charity
E
Charity and beating have this in common: the latter makes a rogue ’tis true, while the former makes only a lazy fellow.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Fortune-Hunter Contempt
F
There is no character more contemptible than a man that is a fortune-hunter.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews