Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

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

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

Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.

Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

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...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....