Thomas Fuller: Quotes
Business
Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.
Buying and Selling
Good bargains are pick-pockets.
Comparison
Nothing is good or bad but by comparison.
Cowardice
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
Crowds
The mob has many heads, but no brains.
Cruelty
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
Enemies
If you have no enemies, it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
Enthusiasm and Zeal
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Example
A good example is the best sermon.
Family
He that has no fools, knaves, nor beggars in his family, was begot by a flash of lightning.
Flowers and Trees
He that plants trees, loves others besides himself.
Gifts and Giving
Nothing costs so much as what is given us.
Goodness
The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.
Greatness
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Greed
Riches have made more covetous men than covetousness hath made rich men.
Honesty
He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.
Hope
If it were not for Hopes, the Heart would break.
Jealousy and Envy
Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
Patience
Job was not so miserable in his sufferings, as happy in his patience.
Praise and Flattery
Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.
The Heart and Emotion
Seeing's believing, but feeling's the truth.
Wealth
He is not fit for riches who is afraid to use them.