You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Remember, that time is money.

Remember, that time is money.

When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

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

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

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

A small leak can sink a great ship.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand...

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.