Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy read more
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
