Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Business Quotes, Honesty Quotes, Money Quotes

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce...

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

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...

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...

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

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...

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...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since...

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since...

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.