“A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort ; but a Friend is both.”

— Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)

About Thomas Fuller

English compiler of the proverb collection 'Gnomologia' (1732).

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity.”

“Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”

“My friends are my "estate." Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.”

“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”

“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.”

“The elder brother is indeed like a father; the elder sister is indeed like a mother.”

“Listen therefore to your elder brother, and you should be obedient to your elder sister as if she were your mother.”

“Adults make their children suffer for the sake of appearances, or to save themselves a little trouble.”