All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will...

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will...

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each...

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

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

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

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

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

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

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

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

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

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