Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

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...

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

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.

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...

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

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

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

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

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

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

All doors open to courtesy

All doors open to courtesy

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good garden may have some weeds.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.