Thomas fuller quotes

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

All doors open to courtesy.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

It is the property of fools to be always judging.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

A book that is shut is but a block.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

Great hopes make great men.

Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Good is not good, where better is expected

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

He that travels much knows much.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

The more wit the less courage.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

Good clothes open all doors.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Abused patience turns to fury.