Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

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

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

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while...

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.

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

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

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

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...

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them

Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them

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...

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.