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

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Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Hear reason, or shell make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which...

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which...

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

He that takes a wife, takes care

He that takes a wife, takes care

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

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...

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

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

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

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.