Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Familiarity Quotes

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

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

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

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

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

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

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

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...

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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

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

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...