Henry Fielding

Oons, sir ! do you say that I am drunk ? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.

We must eat to live and live to eat.

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.

Penny saved is a penny got.

Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates.

To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice to Fortune, and hath convicted her of many facts in which she had not the least concern.

One fool at least in every married couple.