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

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

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.

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

He that travels much knows much.

He that travels much knows much.

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

In fair Weather prepare for foul.

In fair Weather prepare for foul.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

Worst feelings: Crying yourself to sleep, being ignored, discovering the person you love loves someone...

Worst feelings: Crying yourself to sleep, being ignored, discovering the person you love loves someone...

A woman's worst nightmare is when the guy she loves stops doing the things that...

A woman's worst nightmare is when the guy she loves stops doing the things that...