Thomas Fuller Quotes
Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.
Beware of no Man more than thy self.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Assist the afflicted with something real, if thou canst ; As for Tears they are but Water, what good can they do?
He that would please all, and himself too,
Undertakes what none could ever do.
Learn the art of Silence ; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.
Abused Patience turns to Fury.
The Passions are like Fire and Water ; good Servants, but bad Masters.
Squander not away thy life in Pastimes : There’s but little need to drive away Time, which is ever flying away so swiftly of itself ; and when once gone is gone for ever.
Children and Fools tell Truth.
If thou art wise, thou knowest thy own Ignorance ; and thou art ignorant if thou knowest not thy self.
All things are difficult, before they are easy.
Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.
Never think that the Things thou wantest will cure thee of thy Discontents ; for they will enlarge thy Desires, and make the Wounds wider. The Way to think we have enough, is not to desire to have too much.
I took him for a Worm ; but he prov'd a Serpent.
He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.
Find out thy own Mistakes, and Failings, in order to amend them. A Disease known is half cured.
Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.
Men apt to promise, are apt to forget.
As the best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar, so the deepest Love turns to the deadliest Hatred.
When a Man is set upon his own Ruin, 'tis in vain to reason with him.
If thou canst not find Tranquility in thyself ; 'twill be to little Purpose to seek it anywhere else.