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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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...

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

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

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

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

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...

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

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...

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen...

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen...

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It...

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It...