Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Life Quotes

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man...

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

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.

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...

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

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

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

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

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

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

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

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

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

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

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

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

Thrift shop popularity parallels increased poverty.

Thrift shop popularity parallels increased poverty.