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.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
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.
We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.
We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.
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.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
