Where liberty is, there is my country.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

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

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. Whats a sundial in the shade?

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

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 a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

Proclaim not all thou knowest

Proclaim not all thou knowest

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has,...

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

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 should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.