271 Quotes by thomas fuller

Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one.

Send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.

Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.

If a friend tell thee a fault, imagine always that he telleth thee not the whole

He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.