Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
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.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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.
Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
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.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
