If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

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.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

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.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?