If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

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

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

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

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...

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her...

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.