A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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...

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

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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...

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's...

My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's...

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.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

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

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

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

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...

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.