Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
Every one is for denying, extenuating, or throwing the Blame on others, and never will confess a Fault, and take it upon himself ; but this, instead of getting it excused and pardoned aggravates it, and makes it worse, and angers the Party concerned, and so it doth Mischief instead of Good. I advise therefore (unless it be a furious, unforgiving Person, and the Thing be a Crime that must not be owned) frankly to own it, to shew how thou wast brought into it, and wish thou hadst not done it. It's likely this ingenuous dealing and throwing thyself upon his Kindness, may work upon his good Nature, and so the storm may pass off without more Mischief ; but this must be managed artfully in a middle Way between Sneaking and Arrogancy.
He that hath a Head of Wax, must not walk in the Sun.
Search not a Wound too deep, lest thou make a new one.
Sauce for a Goose, is Sauce for a Gander.
A Man among Children will be long a Child, a Child among Men will be soon a Man.
Who buys,
Had need of an hundred Eyes ;
But one's enough,
For him that sells the Stuff.
Trust him no further than you can throw him.
As he that doth not eat when he should, may have no Stomach when he is weak, but presently vomits up his Food again ; so if thou studiest not the Art of Patience, and preparest not thy mind before-hand, and takest not in Grounds of Consolation, till thou art in Troubles, and hast need of great Comfort, thou wilt find thy Soul very impatient of Remedies, and 'twill be irksome to thee but even to read such Things as should quiet thee.
The more Cooks, the worse Broth.
To him, that you tell your Secret, you resign your Liberty.
If thou findest thou canst not suffer the Impertinencies, Follies, and ill Usages of the World, withdraw from it ; but first be sure thou canst bear with thyself.
The Sun is never the worse for shining on a Dunghill.
The Mountains have brought forth a Mouse.
Rolling Stones gather no Moss.
He that spares the Bad, injures the Good.
By Trifles and unheeded common Things of Life, thou may'st discover Mens Qualities, Tempers, and Inclinations, better than by their greater Actions : Because in Matters of Importance they strain themselves, but in lesser Things they heedlessly follow the Current of their own Natures.
I can't be your Friend, and your Flatterer too.
Men hate those they have hurt.
Small Pitchers have wide Ears.
To pay one in ones own Coin.