Book: The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. Page 3

Entreaties from the top is always a strong respond with an order.

Many women are afraid, have lost their way and sank to the bottom of the defect simply because were not able to rise after the first decline.

Slaves and flatterers charge standing below them the tribute that they pay standing above them.

Extreme amazement, as known, is commonly mute.

It is not surprising that woman, so demanding of himself for the observance of decency, shocked the slightest noncompliance by others.

To love someone who obviously hates us, not in human nature.

There are many women who scream at the sight of a mouse or rat, but is able to poison him or, even worse, bring it to the point that he is poisoned.

Who is conscious of his guilt, he is not entitled to be indignant if treated dismissively and disrespectfully, and even on the contrary - should despise those who pretended to give him attention unless they have irrefutable proof that their friend is unfairly and maliciously maligned.

You can never rely on someone else's truthfulness. Frankly, superior quality - discretion - people get their only two sources: a long experience and nature, under which, I think, should imply genius, or great natural talent.

No matter how an honest man, and a report on their own behavior unwittingly he will be favourable; streams from his lips like a well-cleaned and filtered, murky liquid, leave all their dirt inside.

Every expression of friendship easily gains confidence of the human being in misfortune.

Joke, not everyone understands; and those who understand this, often don't like to be her subject.

A man's actions are in direct contradiction with the promptings of his nature, if not impossible, at least improbable and will appear in the full sense of the word wonderful.

Parental blindness - almost universal phenomenon, it always seemed to me the most inexplicable of all absurdities, which only can take a notion in the mind is a wonderful creation called man.