Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

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.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Little boats should keep near shore

Little boats should keep near shore

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

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...

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.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.