Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Lost time is never found again.

Lost time is never found again.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

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

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

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

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...

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.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

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.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

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

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

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.