Experience is a dear teacher, and only fools will learn from no other.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

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?

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

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...

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

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.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Remember that credit is money

Remember that credit is money

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it...

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.