Beauty and folly are old companions.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Foolishness Quotes

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to...

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to...

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

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...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.