There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do…

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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

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

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

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...

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

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

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

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

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.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.

A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction...

A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction...

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.