And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

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

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

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.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

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...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

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.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.