Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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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.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

I hope... that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and...

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

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 you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

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

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

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like...

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like...