Henry Fielding Quotes and Quotations
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven. His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is: that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it. Happy the man, and happy he alone He who can call today his own He who, secure within, can say "Tomorrow, do thy worst For I have lived today." Happy the man, and happy he alone He can call today his own. He who, secure within can say, "Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today." Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Handsome is that handsome does. The only incorruptible thing about us. This story will never go down.
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