Maxioms by Thomas Fuller
Virtue is the only true nobility.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token read more
It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token that there hath not been of late in him any insensible supply of heinous offenses, because his stale sins are still his new and daily sorrow.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I read more
Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I squeeze blood out of it.
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
