There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

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...

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also...

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

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

Time is money.

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

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

Fatigue is the best pillow

Fatigue is the best pillow

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.