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Benjamin Franklin
The doors of...
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
Source: In
It is easier...
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Source: In
The noblest question...
The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
Source: In The...
Sin is not...
Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is harmful.
Pride that dines...
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
Source: In
Love thy neighbor...
Love thy neighbor -- but don't pull down your hedge.
Source: In
He who waits...
He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.
Source: In
Strange! that a...
Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satire should have folly enough to publish...
Buy what thou...
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Source:...
Rather go to...
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.
Source: In
One should eat...
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
Source: Rhetoricorum, LV.
-- Benjamin...
I am lord...
I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
Source: In
The best is...
The best is the cheapest.
Source:
-- Benjamin Franklin, (Jan 17 1706-1790), US...
Ambition has its...
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by...
Poor man, said...
Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Source: The Whistle, 10 Nov....
Read much, but...
Read much, but not many books.
Source: In
Timothy was so...
Timothy was so learned he could name a horse in 9 languages, and bought a cow to ride on.
Whatever is begun...
Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
Source: In
If time be...
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
He who multiplies...
He who multiplies riches, multiplies cares.
Source: In