Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fullerwas an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1608
blowing breaking fair haste speed storms
Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the heaven.
country learning native rooms thou threshold thy
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.
apparel finishes god money
God makes, and apparel shapes; but it's money that finishes the man.
ocean dry-up sea
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
hypocrite hypocrisy sincerity
We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
tyrants cruelty
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
power
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
man travel
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
chance good man turns wise
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
believe
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
bad good man
A man is not good or bad for one action.
friendship
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
falls
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
craves hath poor
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.