Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set...

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

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...

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...

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...