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

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

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...

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

No gains without pains.

No gains without pains.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

A word to the wise is enough

A word to the wise is enough

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

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...

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.