Little boats should keep near shore

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Boats Quotes, Reason Quotes

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...

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?

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Love and lordship hate companions

Love and lordship hate companions

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

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

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

The nearest I can make it out, Love your Enemies means, Hate your Friends

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Without justice, courage is weak.

Without justice, courage is weak.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...