Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Being Content Quotes, Discontent Quotes

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

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...

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

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

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

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

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

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.

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

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

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

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.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness