Quotes from Thomas Fuller

We would be cowards if we had courage enough.

A coward's fear can make a coward valiant.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

Jars concealed are half reconciled; but if generally known, it is a double task to stop the breach at home and men's mouths abroad.

He that has no fools, knaves nor beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

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

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

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

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

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

A danger foreseen is half avoided.

If your desires be endless your cares and fears will be so too.

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

Business is the salt of life

He is not poor that hath not much but he that craves much.

He is rich that is satisfied.