Quotes By Thomas Fuller

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

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

Eaten bread is forgotten.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

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

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

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

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

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

All doors open to courtesy.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

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

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

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

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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

A book that is shut is but a block.

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

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

He that travels much knows much.

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

Bad excuses are worse than none.