Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest

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...

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

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

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

All doors open to courtesy

All doors open to courtesy

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 is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Better a tooth out than always aching.

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;...

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

A book that is shut is but a block.

A book that is shut is but a block.

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...

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.