One fool at least in every married couple.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Marital Foolishness
M
Modesty and Lewdness
M
A modest woman is to a lewd man what a gamester is to a cheat.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Nature’s Mirth
N
All nature wears one universal grin.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Motiveless Cruelty
M
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Opinions and Profit
O
A man ought to be concerned for the opinions of others only so far as he is to profit by them.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Love, Scandal, and Tea
L
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Reading and Writing
R
Reading maketh a full man; and writing an exact man.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Disguised Envy
D
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Vanity’s Discomfort
V
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews
Noble Soul’s Fear
N
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Henry Fielding – Joseph Andrews