Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept their promises

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

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.

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

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

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

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.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

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

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

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

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

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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

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

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.