Date: 1752

"But for my part, I promise you I like her beyond all other Women; and whilst that is the Case, my Boy, if her Mind was as full of Iniquity as Pandora's Box was of Diseases, I'd hug her close in my Arms, and only take as much Care as possible to keep the Lid down for fear of Mischief."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

"'But you understand Human Nature to the Bottom,' answered Amelia;' and your Mind is a Treasury of all ancient and modern Learning.'"

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

The mind may be emptied

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

"O, my dear Amelia, he hath removed the whole Gloom at once, hath driven all Despair out of my Mind, and hath filled it with the most sanguine, and at the same Time, the most reasonable Hopes of making a comfortable Provision for yourself and my dear Children."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)