Thomas Fuller
95 quotations
Debt is the worst poverty.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
Good clothes open all doors.
What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed.
Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
He teaches me to be good that does me good.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Good is not good, when better is expected.
Prospect is often better than possession.
A good garden may have some weeds.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.
A good friend is my nearest relation.
Lavishness is not generosity.
He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.