A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

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

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

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Good is not good where better is expected

Good is not good where better is expected

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...