Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
Necessity never made a good bargain
Necessity never made a good bargain
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall read more
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the read more
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by read more
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am read more
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it
