He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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

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

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

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 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.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

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...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.