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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Life Quotes

Never praise your Cider, Horse, or Bedfellow

Never praise your Cider, Horse, or Bedfellow

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.

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be...

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

God works wonders now and then; behold a lawyer, an honest man.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.