Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

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

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

It's madness the sheep to talk peace with the wolf

If it were not for hopes the heart would break.

Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.

Prospect is often better than possession.

He that would have fruit must climb the tree.

Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.

The more wit the less courage.

Charity begins at home but should not end there.

The Devil himself is good when he is pleased.

Good is not good where better is expected.

We would be cowards if we had courage enough.

A danger foreseen is half avoided.

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

What a day may bring a day may take away.

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

Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

Good is not good where better is expected.

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

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Friendship that flames goes out in a flash.

Good is not good, where better is expected.

Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.

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

I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

A danger foreseen is half avoided.

Friendship that flames goes out in a flash.

I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

What a day may bring a day may take away.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

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

Good is not good, where better is expected.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

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

Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that t...

Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest.

Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Trust thyself only and another shall not betray thee.

Comparison more than reality makes men happy or wretched.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

A good marksman may miss.

Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.

He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.

Tender-handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle and ...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has n...

Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.

Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add ...

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

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

None can pray well but he that lives well.

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

The Golden Age was never the present Age.

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

They are rich who have true friends.

He is idle that might be better employed.

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

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

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

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

He is rich that is satisfied.

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

Seeing's believing but feeling's the truth.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

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

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

There is no banquet but some dislike something in it.

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

We would be cowards if we had courage enough.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

He that would have fruit must climb the tree.

The Devil himself is good when he is pleased.

The more wit the less courage.

Prospect is often better than possession.

Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.

If it were not for hopes the heart would break.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.

A man surprised is half beaten.

The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirts.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

We could be cowards if we had courage enough.

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

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