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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Government Quotes

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the...

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

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.

Little boats should keep near shore

Little boats should keep near shore

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

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...

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

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

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

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

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

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...