We may give advice but we cannot give conduct.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Advice Quotes

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by...

Death takes no bribes.

Death takes no bribes.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Remember that credit is money

Remember that credit is money

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

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...

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

Example is better than following it.

Example is better than following it.