Thomas Fuller

“If thou wouldst please the ladies, thou must endeavor to make them pleased with themselves.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

“Be the business never so painful you may have done it for money”

— thomas fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— 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

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

— Thomas Fuller

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

— Thomas Fuller

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved. --Thomas Fuller

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

— Thomas Fuller

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

— Thomas Fuller

“A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.”

— Thomas Fuller

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

— Thomas Fuller

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

— Thomas Fuller

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

— Thomas Fuller

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

— Thomas Fuller

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.

— Thomas Fuller

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

— Thomas Fuller

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

— Thomas Fuller

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

— Thomas Fuller

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

— Thomas Fuller

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

— Thomas Fuller

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

— Thomas Fuller

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller