I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Life Quotes

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 absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Lost time is never found again.

Lost time is never found again.

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...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

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.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Remember that credit is money.

Remember that credit is money.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with...

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with...

That moment when you say something and everyone laughs, so you just sit there like...

That moment when you say something and everyone laughs, so you just sit there like...

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...