If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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

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

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

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

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

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...