Thomas Fuller Quotes

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

All things are difficult before they are easy

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

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

Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as harbingers to heaven; and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

It's madness the sheep to talk peace with the wolf

Добър език - добро оръжие.

To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul.

The Pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

If an ass goes travelling, he'll not come home a horse.

Many favors which God giveth us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own unthankfulness; for though prayer purchaseth blessings, giving praise doth keep the quiet possession of them.

By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.