Familiar Quotations Part 102

THOMAS FULLER.

1608-1661.

_Holy State_. Book ii. Ch. 20. The Good Sea-captain.

But our captain counts the image of G.o.d, nevertheless his image cut in ebony, as if done in ivory.

Book iii. Ch. 12. Of Natural Fools.

Their heads sometimes so little, that there is no more room for wit; sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.

Book iii. Ch. 22. Of Marriage.

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.

Andronicus. Ad. fin. 1.

Often the c.o.c.kloft is empty, in those which Nature hath built many stories high.

ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN.

1653-1716.

_From a Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Rothes, &c_.

I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.

HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE.

1672-1751.

_On the Study and Use of History_. Letter 2.

I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius Halicarna.s.sus, I think, that History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

1706-1790.

_Poor Richard_.

G.o.d helps them that help themselves.

Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Three removes are as bad as a fire.

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near sh.o.r.e.

You pay too much for your whistle.

_From a Letter to Miss Georgiana s.h.i.+pley, on the Loss of her American Squirrel_.

Here Skugg Lies snug, As a bug In a rug.

LAURENCE STERNE.

1713-1768.