Our necessities never equal our wants.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of...

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...