Tom Jones (1963)

George Devine: Squire Allworthy

Quotes 

• Mrs. Miller : Tom, don't say you've lost her yet. Go to her now.

  Jenny : Go on, Tom,

  Mrs. Miller : Go to her.

  Squire Allworthy : Go on, lad.

  Tom Jones : I will!

• Squire Allworthy : [to Tom, when not expected to recover from a carriage accident]  I am convinced, my boy, that you have much goodness, generosity and honor in your nature. If you will add prudence and religion to those, you must be happy.

• Squire Allworthy : [Upon discovering an abandoned baby in his bed, which they suspect Jenny, one of the servants, has put there]  Who is the father, Jenny?

  Jenny : Sir, I am under the most solemn ties not to reveal the father's name.

  Squire Allworthy : You must be sent away from this shame and degradation. As for your child I will bring him up as if he were my own son.

  Bridget Allworthy : What will you call him, brother?

  Squire Allworthy : Tom Jones.

  Narrator : ...of whom the opinion of all was that he was born to be hanged.

• Squire Allworthy : [Mr. Allworthy, in his sickbed after his carriage accident has brought him to death's door, prepares to tell his will to assorted members of the household. Tom Jones weeps at his bedside]  Do not grieve, my dear nephew. Do not grieve.

  Tom Jones : Sir, you cannot die!

  Squire Allworthy : Death comes to us all, Tom. I've asked you here to tell you my will. Nephew Blifil, I leave you heir to my whole estate, with three exceptions. To you my dear Tom, I have given an estate of 800 pounds a year, together with a thousand pounds in ready money. I am convinced, my boy, that you have much goodness, generosity and honor in your nature. If you will add prudence, and religion, to these, you must be happy. One thousand pounds I leave to you, Mr. Thwackum, and a like sum to you, Mr. Square, which I am convinced exceeds your desires as well as your wants.

• Squire Allworthy : I'm sorry to hear you say this.

  Squire Western : A pox on your sorrow!

• Squire Allworthy : Good heavens, in what miserable distresses do vice and imprudence involve men!