Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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The Family of Fools is ancient

The Family of Fools is ancient

No gains without pains.

No gains without pains.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

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...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

When money speaks, the truth is silent

When money speaks, the truth is silent