I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

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

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

A word to the wise is enough

A word to the wise is enough

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

For I don't care too much for money, For money can't buy me love.

For I don't care too much for money, For money can't buy me love.

Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or...

Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or...