Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

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...

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

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,...

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.

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

No gains without pains.

No gains without pains.

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...

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

There's no reason for me to believe that God exists, so I don't.

There's no reason for me to believe that God exists, so I don't.