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.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the read more
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
