If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

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

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

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Experience is a dear teacher, and only fools will learn from no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, and only fools will learn from no other.

Remember, that time is money.

Remember, that time is money.

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out...

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out...

To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities...

To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities...