Date: 1752

The mind bears a mental burthen as the body bears a physical one

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

Behavior is the optic glass that makes visible what passes in the mind

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

Affections struggle for superiority in the mind

— 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 passions of hatred and revenge boil in the mind

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

The heart is a fortress on a rock

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

The mind may be emptied

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

The mind may be torn by "various and contending passions"

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

"So many tender Ideas crowded at once into my Mind, that, if I may use the Expression, they almost dissolved my Heart."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1752

"Ambition scarce ever produces any Evil, but when it reigns in cruel and savage Bosoms; and Avarice seldom flourishes at all but in the basest and poorest Soil."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)