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The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.
You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.
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.
Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good.
Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
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.
Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
And it is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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.
An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither.
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.
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue
Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and hawkers of water
If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.
Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.