Thomas Fuller ( 10 of 107 )
Better lose a jest than a friend
Better lose a jest than a friend
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast read more
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for, his sins. One may passively be cast down by God's terrors, and yet not willingly throw himself down as he ought at God's footstool.
Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his
prince's person may be with one knife.
Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his
prince's person may be with one knife.
Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to read more
Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to beat a cripple with his own crutches!
Willful waste brings woeful want.
Willful waste brings woeful want.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
A good horse should be seldom spurred
A good horse should be seldom spurred
Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.
Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.
