Thomas Fuller

1226. Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error.

1223. Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant.

1200. Craft must have Clothes ; but Truth loves to go naked.

1185. Count not your Chickens before they be hatch'd.

1154. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.

1134. Comparisons are odious.

1131. Company in Misery makes it light.

1125. Command your Wealth, else that will command you.

1092. Children and Fools tell Truth.

1090. Cheat me in the Price, but not in the Goods.

1048. Call your Husband Cuckold in Jest and he'll ne'er suspect you.

1006. Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing.

977. Beware of no Man more than thy self.

961. Beggars and Borrowers must be no Chusers.

959. Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.

950. Beauty is but Skin deep ; within is Filth and Putrefaction.

911. Better late than never.

903. Better have an old Man to humour, than a young Rake to break your Heart.

892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.

872. Better be alone than in bad Company.

860. Better abridge petty Charges, than stoop to petty Gettings.

849. Be as you would seem to be.

840. Barefoot must not go among Thorns.

812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.