Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I...

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

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.

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...

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

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

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have,...

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have,...

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would...

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.