Thomas Fuller

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

— Thomas Fuller

He that knows little often repeats it

— Thomas Fuller

Great hopes make great men.

— Thomas Fuller

“Better hazard once than always be in fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Good clothes open all doors.

— Thomas Fuller

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

— Thomas Fuller

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Act nothing in a furioous passion; it's putting to sea in a storm.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Better be alone than in bad company.

— Thomas Fuller

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

— Thomas Fuller

A good conscience is the best divinity

— Thomas Fuller

A stumble may prevent a fall.

— Thomas Fuller

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

— Thomas Fuller

Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.

— Thomas Fuller

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

— Thomas Fuller