He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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?

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

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,...

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

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

The Family of Fools is ancient

The Family of Fools is ancient

Mine is better than ours.

Mine is better than ours.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

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...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.