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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Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

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...

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

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

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...