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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

He that takes a wife, takes care

He that takes a wife, takes care

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.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

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

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

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind...

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

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...

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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

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

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...