Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
What's sowed in Youth, will be reaped in Age.
A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink.
The Fool is busy in everyone's Business but his own.
He wrongs not an old Man, who steals his Supper from him.
We seldom find out that we are flattered.
Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing.
In Matters of Slander, thou oughtest to suspend thy Judgment, and examine the Thing ; and not, as the common Custom is, persuade thyself, that common Report is sufficient warrant for the Truth of the Matters. Popular Opinion is the greatest Lie in the World.
Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.
We never know the Worth of Water, till the Well is dry.
You cannot make Velvet out of a Sow's Ear.
To pay one in ones own Coin.
Love thy Neighbor ; but cut not up thy Hedge for him.
Patience provok'd turns to Fury.
Tho' the Sun shines, take your Cloak.
To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.
All between the Cradle and the Coffin is uncertain.
All Saint without, all Devil within.
Who buys,
Had need of an hundred Eyes ;
But one's enough,
For him that sells the Stuff.