1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
A book that is shut is but a block.
Thomas Fuller – [Books and Reading]
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
Thomas Fuller – [Alcohol and Alcoholism]
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
Thomas Fuller – [Paradise]
A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
Thomas Fuller – [Juries]
A generous confession disarms slander.
Thomas Fuller – [Slander]
A good friend is my nearest relation.
Thomas Fuller – [Friends and Friendship]
A good garden may have some weeds.
Thomas Fuller – [Faults]
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
Thomas Fuller – [Gossip]
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.
Thomas Fuller – [Catholicism]
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
Thomas Fuller – [Passion]
A man is not good or bad for one action.
Thomas Fuller – [Judgment and Judges]
A man surprised is half beaten.
Thomas Fuller – [Surprises]
A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
Thomas Fuller – [Wrong]
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Thomas Fuller – [Chance]
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Thomas Fuller – [Absence]
Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
Thomas Fuller – [Anger]
All doors open to courtesy.
Thomas Fuller – [Courtesy]
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Thomas Fuller – [Determination]
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Thomas Fuller – [Cheerfulness]
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Thomas Fuller – [Anger]