Thomas Fuller Quotes

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

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

Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise.

Enquire not what boils in another's pot.

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.