Thomas Fuller

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live read more

Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live without God's giving it daily bread, then and no sooner shall I believe that my soul, which daily sinneth, can spiritually live without God's forgiving it its trespasses.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.