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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

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...

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having...

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

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

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

No gains without pains.

No gains without pains.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

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

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

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.