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

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

He that rises late must trot all day.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

He that drinks fast pays slow

He that drinks fast pays slow

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing

Well done is better than well said.

Well done is better than well said.

You may delay, but time will not.

You may delay, but time will not.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to...

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to...

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...