Industry need not wish.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

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...

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

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...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to...

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

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

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

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

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

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

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.