 A man surprised is half beaten. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Better be alone than in bad company. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Every tub must stand on its own bottom. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Great and good are seldom the same man. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| If an ass goes traveling he will not come home a horse. Author: Thomas Fuller |
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| Speak but little and well if you would be esteemed a man of merit. Author: Richard Chenevix Trench |
| He has brought himself to this state; he has exposed his heart as a common road to every evil influence of the world, till it has become hard as a pavement. Author: Richard Chenevix Trench |
| To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool. Author: Richard Cecil |
| Gravity must be natural and simple; there must be urbanity and tenderness in it. A man must not formalize on everything. He who does so is a fool; and a grave fool is, perhaps, more injurious than a light fool. Author: Richard Cecil |
| The way of every man is declarative of the end of every man. Author: Richard Cecil |
| Method is like packing things in a box; a good packer will get in half as much again as a bad one. Author: Richard Cecil |
