With foxes we must play the fox.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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...

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

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.

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

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

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

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

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

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.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

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

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

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Old foxes want no tutors.