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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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Better slip with foot than tongue

Better slip with foot than tongue

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of,...

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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.

Observe all men, thyself most.

Observe all men, thyself most.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.

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...

Time is money.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.