Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

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...

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...

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

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

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

Nowadays truth is the greatest news

Nowadays truth is the greatest news

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Good is not good where better is expected

Good is not good where better is expected

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

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

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

No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself.

No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself.

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between...

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between...

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

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...

While law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilized way of...

While law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilized way of...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed