I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a …

- Sarah Fielding

[F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was equally at liberty to range through every statio…

- Sarah Fielding

On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.

- Sarah Fielding

I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and coul…

- Sarah Fielding

I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love--I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speakfor me.

- Sarah Fielding

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

- Sarah Fielding

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take …

- Sarah Fielding

But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.

- Sarah Fielding

Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.

- Sarah Fielding