Better a tooth out than always aching.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Better Than You Quotes

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.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

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.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

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

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

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

What a day may bring, a day may take away

What a day may bring, a day may take away

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

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

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

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.

A book that is shut is but a block.

A book that is shut is but a block.

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

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

The more wit the less courage.

The more wit the less courage.

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...