It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

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...

There is no little enemy

There is no little enemy

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Time is money.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

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...

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

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

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...

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.