Thomas Fuller Quotes

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

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

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

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

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

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

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

You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter.

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

Great hopes make great men.

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

A book that is shut is but a block.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

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

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

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

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs.

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

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

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

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

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Abused patience turns to fury.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

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

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

Good is not good, where better is expected

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

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

It is the property of fools to be always judging.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

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

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

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

Good clothes open all doors.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

All doors open to courtesy.

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

A good friend is my nearest relation.

He that travels much knows much.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

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