Thomas Fuller

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.

— Thomas Fuller

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

— Thomas Fuller

Old foxes want no tutors.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

— Thomas Fuller

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

— Thomas Fuller

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

— Thomas Fuller

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

— Thomas Fuller

Great hopes make great men.

— Thomas Fuller

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

— Thomas Fuller

“Unschuld ist kein Schutz.”

— Thomas Fuller

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

— Thomas Fuller

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife continues…

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Good is not good, where better is expected

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller