Thomas Fuller

Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.

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

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

A forced kindness deserves no thanks

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

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

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

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