Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He that takes a wife, takes care

He that takes a wife, takes care

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

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...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

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

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

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.