Thomas Fuller (writer) - Wise Quotes

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Learn the art of Silence ; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.

Thomas Fuller

If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and thou provest wise and virtuous, it will be sufficient. It's none of the least of God's Favours, that Wealth comes not trolling in upon us; for many of us should have been worse, if our Estates had been better.

Thomas Fuller

Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.

Thomas Fuller

Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms; Fools, by their own.

Thomas Fuller

'Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so : Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary.

Thomas Fuller

If thou art wise, thou knowest thy own Ignorance ; and thou art ignorant if thou knowest not thy self.

Thomas Fuller

Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.

Thomas Fuller