Thomas Fuller quotes

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

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

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

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

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

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

Better be alone than in bad company.

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

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

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

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

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

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

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

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.

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

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Great hopes make great men.

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

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

The more wit the less courage.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

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

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

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

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

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.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

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

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

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

Great hopes make great men.

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

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

Great hopes make great men.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Care and diligence bring luck.

A good garden may have some weeds.

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

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.