Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage ; and half shut afterward.
The Love of a Woman, and a Bottle of Wine,
Are sweet for a Season; but last a short Time.
He that has no Fools, Knaves nor Beggars in his Family, was begot by a Flash of Lightning.
Hunger is the best Sauce.
He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs.
There is no Piety in keeping an unjust Promise.
Absence cools moderate Passions, but inflames violent ones.
If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool.
Squander not away thy life in Pastimes : There’s but little need to drive away Time, which is ever flying away so swiftly of itself ; and when once gone is gone for ever.
A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.
He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas.
That which is one Man’s Meat, is another Man’s Poison.
Every Cock is proud on his own Dunghill.
Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.
He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself.
Man proposes ;
God disposes.
To leave no Stone unturn'd.
It is Wit to pick a Lock, and steal a Horse ; but it is Wisdom to let it alone.
The Drunkard continually assaults his own Life.