The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Devil Quotes

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

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

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

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

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.

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

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...

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

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

Great hopes make great men.

Great hopes make great men.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Good is not good where better is expected

Good is not good where better is expected

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.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

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...

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

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

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

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.