Our necessities never equal our wants.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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?

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...

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

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

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

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...