Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
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.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either read more
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
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.
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am read more
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America,
who commanded the sun and the moon to sand read more
Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America,
who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still--and they
obeyed.
