A good example is the best sermon.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

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...

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.