Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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.

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

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.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

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.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

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

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

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

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

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

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

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

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

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

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...

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

Health is not simply the absence of sickness.

Health is not simply the absence of sickness.