Those things that hurt, instruct.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Grief Quotes, Learning Quotes

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

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...

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from...

Remember that credit is money

Remember that credit is money

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

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

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

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

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.