Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall read more
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees
God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by read more
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
