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

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are 3 faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will...

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Three removes are as bad as a fire

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

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...

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born...

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...