'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Ability Quotes

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

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

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

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...

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

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...

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

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

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

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

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

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

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...