I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

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?

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

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

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

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

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...

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.