It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself

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?

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

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

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

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

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...

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

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.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

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

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

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...