Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

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

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps...

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

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

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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.

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

We may give advice but we cannot give conduct

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the...

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad...

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

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...

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.

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

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

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.