Fielding

Famous quotes containing the word fielding:

“One fool at least in every married couple.”
—Henry Fielding (1707–1754)

“If matrimony be really beneficial to society, the custom that ... married women alone are allowed any claim to place, is as useful a piece of policy as ever was invented.... The ridicule fixed on the appellation of old maid hath, I doubt not, frightened a very large number into the bonds of wedlock.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

“I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love—I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speak for me.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)