271 Quotes by thomas fuller

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.

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

Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs, as if their mirth were turned into care for their young ones.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.