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To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.
An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world.
To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
If you do tomorrow what you did today , you will get tomorrow what you got today
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.
Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.
The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation
If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.
Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens.
Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.
Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.
Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.
Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.
Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.
In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty
Evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do fear but augments the pain.
Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.
On second thought, it's a good thing love is blind otherwise it would see too much.
Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?
A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!
If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.
When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.
The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.