Thomas Fuller Quotes

2649. I will not touch her with a Pair of Tongs.

5967. You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none.

4537. The Fool is busy in everyone's Business but his own.

3061. Idleness makes the Wit rust.

3736. One barking Dog, sets all the Street a barking.

4374. That War only is just, which is necessary.

2018. He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs.

2043. He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.

5014. Tho' the Sun shines, take your Cloak.

2629. I took him for a Worm ; but he prov'd a Serpent.

5210. To nourish a Viper in one's Bosom

4795. The Tongue breaketh the Bone, tho' it hath none it self.

4389. That, which you sow, you must reap.

5744. Wine hath drowned more Men than the Sea.

3036. As he that doth not eat when he should, may have no Stomach when he is weak, but presently vomits up his Food again ; so if thou studiest not the Art of Patience, and preparest not thy mind before-hand, and takest not in Grounds of Consolation, till thou art in Troubles, and hast need of great Comfort, thou wilt find thy Soul very impatient of Remedies, and 'twill be irksome to thee but even to read such Things as should quiet thee.