Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

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

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

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.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

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...

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

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