Quotes by

Thomas Fuller

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven. – Thomas Fuller

Scalded cats fear even cold water. – Thomas Fuller

He that hopes no good fears no ill. – Thomas Fuller

Despair gives courage to a coward. – Thomas Fuller

The more wit the less courage. – Thomas Fuller

Change of weather is the discourse of fools. – Thomas Fuller

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

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. – Thomas Fuller

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

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all. – Thomas Fuller

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf. – Thomas Fuller

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

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. – Thomas Fuller

Better be alone than in bad company. – Thomas Fuller

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

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. – Thomas Fuller

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. – Thomas Fuller

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. – Thomas Fuller

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. – Thomas Fuller

History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs; privileging him with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniences thereof. – Thomas Fuller