Birth is the beginning of death.
Thomas Fuller Quotes (229 Quotes)
A good friend is my nearest relation.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
He that hopes no good fears no ill.
A danger foreseen is half avoided.
They that worship God merely from fear, Would worship the devil too, if he appear.
'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.
He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.
They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
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.
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
We have all forgot more than we remember.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
Let not thy Will roar, when thy Power can but whisper.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Choose such pleasures as recreate much and cost little.
Search others for their virtues, and thyself for thy vices.
Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the haven.
The best way to see divine light is to put out thy own candle
Eaten bread is forgotten.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
The more laws, the more offenders.
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
If the wicked flourished, and thou suffer, be not discouraged they are fatted for destruction, thou Art dieted for health.
Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as harbingers to heaven and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body.
All doors open to courtesy.
A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
What reason and endeavor cannot bring about, often time will.
The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
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