Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
Wolves may lose their Teeth, but not their Nature.
Hypocrisy is a Sort of Homage, that Vice pays to Virtue.
Nothing more smooth than Glass, yet nothing more brittle ;
Nothing more fine than Wit, yet nothing more fickle.
Words are but Wind ; but seeing is believing.
None so deaf, as he that will not hear.
A Fool and his Money are soon parted.
While there is Life, there is Hope.
Many can bear Adversity, but few Contempt.
To the Wise
A Word may suffice.
What cannot be alter'd, must be borne, not blam’d.
Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms ; Fools, by their own.
Set a Thief to catch a Thief.
Barefoot must not go among Thorns.
He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.
Long life hath long Misery.
Beggars and Borrowers must be no Chusers.
The Wrath of Brothers, is fierce and devilish.
To run the Wild-Goose Chace.
Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.