Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654 – 1734)
English physician, writer and adage collector.
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.
Who buys,
Had need of an hundred Eyes ;
But one's enough,
For him that sells the Stuff.
All Saint without, all Devil within.
All between the Cradle and the Coffin is uncertain.
To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.
Tho' the Sun shines, take your Cloak.
Patience provok'd turns to Fury.
Love thy Neighbor ; but cut not up thy Hedge for him.
To pay one in ones own Coin.
You cannot make Velvet out of a Sow's Ear.
We never know the Worth of Water, till the Well is dry.
He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.
Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.
Make the best of a bad Bargain.