Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous…

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

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...

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...

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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

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

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

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

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

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...