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Benjamin Franklin
Genius without education...
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Source: In The Speaker's...
There are three...
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Man is a...
Man is a tool-making animal.
Source: Life of Johnson, by J. Boswell, 7 Apr...
A benevolent man...
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Little strokes fell...
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...
Fish and visitors...
Fish and visitors smell in three days.
Source: In Draper's Book of Quotations for...
Despair ruins some,...
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...
Ere you consult...
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
Tis against some...
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the...
Applause waits on...
Applause waits on success.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...
He that raises...
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then...
Employ thy time...
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Source: In Correct Quotes...
He that hath...
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and...
A fat kitchen,...
A fat kitchen, a lean will.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...
Creditors have better...
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
In general, mankind,...
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature...
He was so...
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride...
If you would...
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth...
A place for...
A place for everything, everything in its place.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
Mine is better...
Mine is better than ours.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...