Thomas Fuller

"'Tis not every question that deserves an answer. "

"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. "

"A good friend is my nearest relation. "

"All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. "

"All things are difficult before they are easy. "

"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. "

"Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. "

"Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise. "

"Better hazard once than always be in fear. "

"Care and diligence bring luck. "

"Do as most do, and men will speak well of you. "

"Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. "

"Enquire not what boils in another's pot. "

"Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong. "

"He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief. "

"He that plants trees loves others beside himself. "

"He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. "

"Health is not valued till sickness comes. "

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. "

"I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. "

"If thou are a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf. "

"If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. "

"If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. "

"If you have a true friend, you have more than your share. "

"Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. "

"Learning makes a man fit company for himself. "

"Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper. "

"Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. "

"Money is the sinew of love as well as war. "

"No good workman without good tools. "

"No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy. "

"One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. "

"Purchase not friends by gifts when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. "

"Rigid justice is the greatest injustice. "

"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. "

"The grave is the general meeting place. "

"Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. "

"Two things a man should never be angry at what he can help, and what he cannot help. "

"With foxes we must play the fox. "

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. "

"Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. "