And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

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

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

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

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

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

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

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

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

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

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

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

It is often the case that a man who cant tell a lie thinks he...

It is often the case that a man who cant tell a lie thinks he...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.