If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

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

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

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...

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

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.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing

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...

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.