Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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ords may show a mans wit but actions his meaning

ords may show a mans wit but actions his meaning

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

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.

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...

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

Lost time is never found again.

Lost time is never found again.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.