He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Money is the best bait to fish for man with

Money is the best bait to fish for man with

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

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...

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

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

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

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.