Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

47 quotes

Known primarily as an English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. Their thinking spans from Great to Men, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection includes 57 quotes from Thomas Fuller, touching on Great, Men, Fear, Patience, and Money — a testament to just how much they had to say. A line that stays with you: "He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."

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

— Thomas Fuller

Best

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

“Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

— Thomas Fuller

Health

“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

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

— Thomas Fuller

Home

“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”

— Thomas Fuller

Money

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

— Thomas Fuller

Best

“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”

— Thomas Fuller

Motivational

“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”

— Thomas Fuller

God

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.”

— Thomas Fuller

Love

“Better be alone than in bad company.”

— Thomas Fuller

Alone

“Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.”

— Thomas Fuller

Architecture

“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”

— Thomas Fuller

Art

“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship