Quotes By Thomas Fuller

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

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

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

With foxes we must play the fox.

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

The more wit the less courage.

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

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

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

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

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

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

Care and diligence bring luck.

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

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

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

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

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

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

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.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

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