He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

All doors open to courtesy

All doors open to courtesy

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...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

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

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

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

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.

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.