Quotes By Thomas Fuller

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

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

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

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

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

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Better be alone than in bad company.

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

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

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

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

Abused patience turns to fury.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

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

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.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

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

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

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

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

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

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

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