Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Pride Quotes, Vanity Quotes

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.