Fielding

Famous quotes containing the word fielding:

    [F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was equally at liberty to range through every station or degree of men, to fix her choice wherever she pleased.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    [They] hired a large house as a receptacle for gentlewomen, who either had no fortunes, or so little that it would not support them. For these they made the most comfortable institution [and] provided [them] with all conveniences for rural amusements, a library, musical instruments, and implements for various works.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)