Thomas Fuller (writer) on Humor

"2023. Assist the afflicted with something real, if thou canst; As for Tears they are but Water, what good can they do?"

"2057. Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers : Whoever entertains thee with the Faults of others, designs to serve thee in the same Kind."

"5798. With-hold not thy Money, where there is Need ; and waste it not, where there is none."

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

"4864. There are no Coxcombs so troublesome, as those that have some Wit."

"3454. More Flies are taken with a Drop of Honey than a Tun of Vinegar."

"2216. He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas."

"5324. Two Dogs fight for a Bone, and a third runs away with it."

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

"6067. Zeal is by no Means the same with Fury and Rage."

"5188. To hold with the Hare, and run with the Hounds."

"3890. Point not at other's Spots with a foul Finger."

"3104. Insolence is Pride, with her Mask pulled off."

"4925. There is no usual Rule without an exception."

"3540. Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner."

"2649. I will not touch her with a Pair of Tongs."

"3968. Proud Men can't bear with Pride in others."

"5968. You must plow with such Oxen as you have."

"5930. You lay on your Butter, as with a Trowel."

"542. All Saint without, all Devil within."

"3515. Necessity dispenseth with Decorum."

"5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone."

"3061. Idleness makes the Wit rust."

"3628. No Smoak without some Fire."