How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Lost time is never found again.

Lost time is never found again.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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...

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

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

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

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

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,...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

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...

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a...

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a...