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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others.
No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.
Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
If you have a secret and tell someone everyone will know. You can only keep a secret if you don't tell anyone.
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?
There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.
I've striven my whole life for humility, but if I'd ever achieved it, I'd probably be pretty damn proud of that.
Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
You must always be prepared. Make sure to look at things from all angles. If you are not prepared you will fail.
Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!
Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.
One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.
If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.
Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.
The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.
Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?
There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.
Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.