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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees

God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

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...

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

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...

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

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,...

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

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

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

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

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

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.