Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

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,...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

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?

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

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...

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.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

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...