If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in...

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

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

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

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

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

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

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

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

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...