One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

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

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

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Money is the best bait to fish for man with

Money is the best bait to fish for man with

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

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

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

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

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