Thomas Fuller ( 10 of 107 )
Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from read more
Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from any guiltiness; but when I have committed it, it often seems so deep that I cannot escape without drowning.
Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.
Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.
Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, read more
Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, we can take no comfort in obtaining the end, if we cannot justify the means used thereunto.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Debt is the worst poverty.
Debt is the worst poverty.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
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.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.
He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
