Maxioms by Thomas Fuller
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
Blindness Hatred is blind, as well as love.
Blindness Hatred is blind, as well as love.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands read more
Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands me to go upstairs, and covetousness to come down. Vices, I see, are as well contrary to themselves as to virtue. Free me, Lord, from this distracted case; fetch me from being sin's servant to be Thine, whose "service is perfect freedom," for Thou art but one, and ever the same.
