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| Henry Fielding
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy. Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not. |
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