Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

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...

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

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...

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...