Benjamin Franklin

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.

Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,
all the pleasure of doing good read more

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,
all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his
fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the
sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much
for your whistle.