Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more
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.
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor.
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.
Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their read more
Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.
Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of
Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the read more
Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of
Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect
with a thousand years.
He that's secure is not safe.
He that's secure is not safe.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
