An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

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

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

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

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

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

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

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...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.