Thomas Fuller

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Two things a man should never be angry at what he can help, and what he cannot help.

No good workman without good tools.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

If you have a true friend, you have more than your share.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Do as most do, and men will speak well of you.

The grave is the general meeting place.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Money is the sinew of love as well as war.

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

He that plants trees loves others beside himself.

With foxes we must play the fox.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

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

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

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

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

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

Enquire not what boils in another's pot.

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

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

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

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