Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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

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

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

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.

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

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

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

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

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...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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...

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

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

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

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Something that is said with the word â€œYOUâ€ is truly heard by a very few...

Something that is said with the word â€œYOUâ€ is truly heard by a very few...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...