290 Thomas Fuller Quotes

"The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable."

"In fair weather prepare for foul."

"It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today."

"If the master takes no account of his servants, they will make small account of him, and care not what they spend, who are never brought to an audit."

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

"Old foxes want no tutors."

"A wise man turns chance into good fortune."

"Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetites."

"Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money."

"A fault, once denied, is twice committed."

"If thou desirest ease, in the first place take care of the ease of thy mind; for that will make all other sufferings easy. But nothing can support a man whose mind is wounded."

"Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm."

"Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married state. Look not therein for contentment greater than God will give, or a creature in this world can receive, namely, to be free from all inconveniences. Marriage is not like the hill of Olympus, wholly clear, without clouds."

"Good is not good, where better is expected."

"A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife."