A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Never praise your Cider, Horse, or Bedfellow

Never praise your Cider, Horse, or Bedfellow

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

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

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

The Family of Fools is ancient

The Family of Fools is ancient

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...

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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

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

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

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,...

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

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

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

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...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common...

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common...