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

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Devotion Quotes

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

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

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

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...

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good garden may have some weeds.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

All things are difficult before they were easy

All things are difficult before they were easy

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...

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

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

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

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

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

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

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

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge...

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge...