If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

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

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

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

All doors open to courtesy

All doors open to courtesy

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

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 lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

All things are difficult before they were easy

All things are difficult before they were easy

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...