Thomas Fuller

2033. He talks in the Bear-Garden Tongue.

2018. He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs.

1961. He knows which Side of his Bread is butter'd.

1936. He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.

1805. Hatred is blind, as well as Love.

1781. Half a Loaf is better than no Bread.

1752. Great and Good are seldom the same Man.

1688. God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.

1675. God help the Rich ; the Poor can beg.

1659. Give not Pearls to the Hogs.

1657. Give him but Rope enough, and he'll hang himself.

1599. Fortune favours Fools.

1597. For whom does the blind Man's Wife paint her self?

1596. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost ; for want of a Shoe the Horse is lost ; for want of a Horse the Man is lost.

1590. For Fashion's sake, as Dogs go to Church.

1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear.

1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.

1544. Fish and Guests smell at three Days old.

1537. Fine Cloth is never out of Fashion.

1536. Fine Cloaths wear soonest out of Fashion.

1415. Every Dog has its Day ; and every Man his Hour.

1412. Every Cock is proud on his own Dunghill.

1370. Enough's as good as a Feast.

1345. Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room.