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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

Love and lordship hate companions

Love and lordship hate companions

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

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

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

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

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

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

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

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....