Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast...

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life