Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor...

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

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.

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

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.

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.

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...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is...

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is...