Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Being A Man Quotes

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

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

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

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to...

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money.

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...