Quotes from Thomas Fuller

A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

Pride, perceiving humility honourable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.

A man surprised is half beaten.

Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.

Good is not good, where better is expected.

Prospect is often better than possession.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

"They say so" is half a lie.

Every tub must stand on its own bottom.

The real difference between men is energy.

He that would have fruit must climb the tree.

He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.

The Golden Age was never the present Age.

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

Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetites.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

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

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.