Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
Enough's as good as a Feast.
The Memory of a Benefit soon vanisheth ; but the Remembrance of an Injury sticketh fast in the Heart.
The Passions are like Fire and Water ; good Servants, but bad Masters.
It is not a sign of Humility to declaim against Pride.
Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing.
We seldom find out that we are flattered.
He wrongs not an old Man, who steals his Supper from him.
The Fool is busy in everyone's Business but his own.
A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink.
What's sowed in Youth, will be reaped in Age.
Idleness makes the Wit rust.
The Ebb will fetch off, what the Tide brings in.
You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none.
Valour would fight, but Discretion would run away.
Necessity dispenseth with Decorum.
He knows which Side of his Bread is butter'd.
Children and Fools tell Truth.
We have all forgot more, than we remember.
God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.