Thomas Fuller Quotes

4788. The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief.

4266. Strike, while the Iron is hot.

3570. No Fool like the old Fool.

283. A Man in Passion rides a Horse that runs away with him.

2597. Keep thy Judgment to thyself. Why should others know what thou art? or paraphrase upon thy Opinion? Herein thou hast the Advantage of changing thy Mind when thou art mistaken, and yet continue ( for ought others know ) in the same Mind.

2591. If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and thou provest wise and virtuous, it will be sufficient. It's none of the least of God's Favours, that Wealth comes not trolling in upon us ; for many of us should have been worse, if our Estates had been better.

4522. The Fly, that playeth too long in the Candle, singeth her Wings at last.

5040. Thrift is the Philosopher's Stone.

5949. You may know by a Handful the whole Sack.

3017. It is sooner said than done.

2057. Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers : Whoever entertains thee with the Faults of others, designs to serve thee in the same Kind.

294. A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink.

2048. Report not an ill Thing that thou thy self knowest not, but by the Report of a Man, who may lie or aggravate the Matter.

2911. It is as natural to die, as to be born.

108. A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.