Henry Fielding

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

All nature wears one universal grin.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.