My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Fathers Quotes

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

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

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

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

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...

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.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

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.

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

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 lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

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.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

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

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

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to...

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...