"Though I should never have possession of thy charming person, still shalt thou alone have possession of my thoughts, my love, my soul."
Henry Fielding (The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling)
"The love of girls is uncertain, capricious, and so foolish that we cannot always discover what the young lady would be at; it may almost be doubted that whether she always knows this herself."
Henry Fielding (The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling)
"It hath been observed, by wise men or women, I forget which, that all persons are doomed to be in love once in their lives."
Henry Fielding (The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling)
"It hath been observed, that Fortune seldom doth things by halves. To say truth, there is no end to her freaks whenever she is disposed to gratify or displease."
Henry Fielding (The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling)
