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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In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

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

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

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

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...

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

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

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

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...

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.