Fielding

Famous quotes containing the word fielding:

    If variety is capable of filling every hour of the married state with the highest joy, then might it be said that Lord and Lady Dellwyn were completely blessed, for every idea that had the power of raising pleasure in the bosom of the one, depressed that of the other with sorrow and affliction.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    In reality, the world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
    —Henry Fielding (1707–1754)

    A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.
    —Henry Fielding (1707–1754)