Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Women Quotes

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

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...

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

Remember that credit is money

Remember that credit is money

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

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...

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to...

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.