Author of quotes: Henry Fielding. Page 4

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.

In exposing the knavery of others is very important to our own trick was, so to speak, is configured to match with a stranger: sometimes the most subtle crooks get trapped imagining that others are better than or should I say, more agile than they really are.

There is hardly a man who, for all his contempt for the flatterers, did not stoop to the lowest of flattery to himself.

Before the court of public intoxication may not serve as an excuse, but before the court of conscience it is very extenuating.

It is noticed that the inconsolable grief and elation are per person almost the same, and when they fall upon us unawares, it can cause the shock and confusion that we lose all of their abilities.

The world is like a vast machine in which the movement of reported large wheels the smallest, only visible for a very sharp view.

Friendship makes us warmly to take to heart the interests of our friends, but is very cold to the gratification of their passions.