Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Without justice, courage is weak.

Without justice, courage is weak.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

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...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and...

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

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

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

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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

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

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who...

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will...

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will...

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is...

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...