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You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.
Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten Thousands are devour'd by Men.
He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.
He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things.
Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.
A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither.
An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money.
What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.
Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.
The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.
You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right.
Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.
It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.