Thomas Fuller ( 10 of 107 )
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, read more
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no read more
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.
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.
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
and a rich monument is read more
Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
and a rich monument is one embroidered.
