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Thomas Fuller

  • Better a tooth out than always aching.
    (topic: divorce)


  • Scalded cats fear even cold water.
    (topic: experience)


  • No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
    (topic: happiness)


  • If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
    (topic: hope)


  • Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.
    (topic: kindness)


  • Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
    (topic: marriage)


  • More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed.
    (topic: marriage)


  • Abused patience turns to fury.
    (topic: patience)


  • All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
    (topic: patience)


  • He that hopes no good fears no ill.
    (topic: pessimism)


  • Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
    (topic: revenge)


  • Better be alone than in bad company.
    (topic: solitude-loneliness)