Thomas Fuller Quotes

British physician, preacher, and intellectual (1654-1734)

Thomas Fuller (24 June 1654 – 17 September 1734) was an English physician, writer and adage collector.
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300. A Man may say too much even upon the best of Subjects.

2542. Hope is as cheap as Despair.

4848. The worse the Passage, the more welcome the Port.

350. A Pin a Day is a Groat a Year.

3389. Men are more prone to revengeInjuries, than to requite Kindnesses.

1154. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.

4718. The present Fashion is always handsome.

4872. There is a Bone for you to pick.

5733. Whosoever engages in many Pursuits, rarely suceeds in one.

1223. Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant.

6335. Graft good Fruit all,
Or graft not at all.

2463. If thou canst but live free from Debt and Want, 'tis not absolutely necessary to care for more : for all the rest, truly speaking, is but Vanity, and for the most part Vexation too.

2222. He that lives on Hope, has but a slender diet.

2555. When thou shewest Respect to any one, see that thy Submissions be proportionable to the Homage thou owest him. There is Stupidity and Pride in doing too little ; but in over acting of it, there is Abjection and Hypocrisy.

5499. What is the Use of Patience, if we cannot find it when we want it?