About Thomas Fuller: Thomas Fuller is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
Poor men's reasons are not heard.
Abused patience turns to fury.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
