Thomas Fuller

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, read more

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has read more

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Thomas Fuller.

Memory [is] like a purse,--if it be over-full that it cannot
shut, all will drop out of it. Take read more

Memory [is] like a purse,--if it be over-full that it cannot
shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous
curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the
appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.

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

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