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Benjamin Franklin
If you wouldn't...
If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.
The eye of...
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Source: In The...
Half a truth...
Half a truth is often a great lie.
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack.
-- Benjamin...
Keep thy shop...
Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
If all printers...
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very...
It is the...
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine...
A learned blockhead...
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
Source: In
He that lives...
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Source: The Way to Wealth.
-- Benjamin...
Laws too gentle...
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Source: In The...
If we do...
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately.
Source: In
An investment in...
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Source:
-- Benjamin...
At 20 years...
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
Source:...
If a man...
If a man could half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Source: In...
A little neglect...
A little neglect may breed mischief . . . for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost;...
Money never made...
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it...
Be sober and...
Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be...
If passion drives...
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Source: In
You may delay,...
You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
Source:...
Industry, perseverance, and...
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Source: In
We must indeed...
We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.