A good friend is my nearest relation.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

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

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

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

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.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

Business is the salt of life

Business is the salt of life

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

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

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Old foxes want no tutors.

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.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

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.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted...

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted...

I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all...

I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all...