He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

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

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

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough...

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.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

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.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

When I got out of high school they retired my jersey, but it was for...

When I got out of high school they retired my jersey, but it was for...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...