Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom...

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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.

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...

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

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.

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...

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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

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

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

The sparks fly in his face.

The sparks fly in his face.

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a...

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a...

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...