To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Courtesy Quotes, Humility Quotes

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

A word to the wise is enough

A word to the wise is enough

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about...

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about...

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my...

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my...

Of course I can keep a secret. Its the people I tell it to who...

Of course I can keep a secret. Its the people I tell it to who...