I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.
Benjamin Franklin
Related I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I will miss her an awful lot. She is a friend and I have enjoyed working, talking and joking with he... DENISE THOMAS I just took her heart away from her right away. I was doing the feints, trying to get her out of her... JAIME CLAMPITT She has talent, but it is her heart that has got her this far. She has a lot of heart. When I first ... CINDY VIRDO I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I en... HENRY JAMES My sister lives with my family because she has separated from her husband and my older brother had d... MAHEN SHARMA For her to come in and earn a starting spot and dominate the way she has says a lot about her and ho... JENNIFER RIZZOTTI She has a lot of friends. I am amazed how many people. Once they know her they feel attached to her. YAWCHENG LO She has a wisdom beyond her years. But what I love about her most is that she is a girl. Her playful... ELISABETH SHUE Lauren had her best race. She has improved every race this year. She is becoming so comfortable with... KATHLEEN MCCARTHY I think at a young age, there were a couple major catastrophes that happened in her life that very e... MATT ANDERSON I think at a young age, there were a couple major catastrophes that happened in her life that very e... MATT ANDERSON Jessie's family I had known because they had been in the arts world with her older sister for years.... PATTY GAIR I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her ... DANA SNYDER She fears and have to look over her shoulder. I take her everywhere she has to go. She's a child and... DONNA HENDERSON True Love has many forms. But my true love is her...and her name is B.D.C she is an amazing girl who... MICHAEL HENDERSON I wish she had been alive to see it. When I was a little girl, I used to lock myself in my room and ... ELIDA REYNA I am delighted that Val has joined our program and I am really excited for her to start working with... MICHAEL BRADY I love her for what she has dared to be, for her hardness, her cruelty, her egoism, her perverseness... ANAïS NIN I decided that if I want to write about a female hero in the 1920s, I'm going to have to give he... KERRY GREENWOOD I am going to die of love....daroga....I am dying of love .... That's how it is... I loved her so! A... GASTON LEROUX I have a girlfriend, but I don't really want to talk about her. I won't name her. She isn't in show ... LUKE PERRY She is a girl so I wouldnt slap her. I would lock her in a room full of spiders and let her think ... BRANDON BOYD I held her and I asked if she was OK, and her eyes were open but she didn't answer, BOB PACK I was confident I had taught her all she needed to know. But she'd built up a false sense of securit... BETH TWITTY Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind. MATTHEW PRIOR She has worked really hard to get where she is at and I am so proud of all her accomplishments and h... DIANE RICHARDS I think at a young age, there were a couple major catastrophes that happened in her life that very e... MATT ANDERSON When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she h... CAMRYN MANHEIM She actually had about a 50-meter lead early, so I was getting a little bit nervous. But I had a fee... AMY HASTINGS One little girl asked her mom if she could take $20 out of her piggy bank, ... I asked her if she di... TROY MILLER It's not about the wins with her. She envelops every definition of what you want a coach to be. I wa... BOB DEFELICE I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she wri... JASON MORAN I have lots of muses, but one of my main girls is Cara Delevingne. She epitomises the way to wear my... JEREMY SCOTT I don't know what she was thinking. She is just a young girl, and she must have panicked. I heard he... ANTHONY FARRISI My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have come... WILL ROGERS Can't I another's face commend,
Or to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lou... EDWARD MOORE Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecu... CHARLENE TILTON She's not looking for the spotlight and she's extremely low-key. I legitimately have to remind her j... MATT HOGAN I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for... GARY NUMAN She is very self-reliant and capable. While she handles some things like a 12-year-old still, I don'... ALICIA BICKLEY I watched a little girl cover her face up and leave her hands in front of her mouth. I saw that girl... CHUCK FEENEY There is a girl. I named her love. She has a father. His name is desire. Her mo... DEBASISH MRIDHA This girl, I can't tell you how much ... well, just how proud I am of her. She is going to surprise ... CURTIS HANSON She has grown, and her talent has come out. Her work is out there, a lot of her pictures have been p... JANET NOEL China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stand... CHIANG KAI-SHEK Jenn has not let her injuries discourage her. In fact, I think it has motivated her. She has discove... LAUREN LUKIS I have known her longer, my smile said. True, you have been inside the circle of her arms, tasted he... PATRICK ROTHFUSS who could have talked about how she operated her office, how she treated her people, and testified t... RON WOOD Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. CHRISSY TEIGEN I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - ... PILOU ASBAEK Princess Diana talking to Prince William about the loss of her title Her Royal Highness: She turned ... PAUL BURRELL She is a girl so I wouldn’t slap her. I would lock her in a room full of spiders and let her think... BRANDON BOYD I asked her how much she had to drink, and she replied that she had a couple of beers. BILL KELLY Coach Mason has been giving a great effort in three years. She has had to learn her job the hard way... DOUG BLUNDY I absolutely adore Alessandra Rich, I think her dresses are stunning and she really knows how to cut... JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY I kind of had a feeling she'd do that, I knew she always starts fast, and she just sprinted right at... EMILY PAPA I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she ... STEPHEN COLBERT She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ Reading the script, I had a strong feeling for the character. She has this brassy, cabaret quality, ... CHIWETEL EJIOFOR I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed... JORI NUNES My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it... RUTH REICHL If she had done the floor routine she'd done last week she would have gotten a 9.8, but we needed he... BILL RYDEN I had to come out to my mother three times over a twelve-year period, but I first came out to her wh... BILLY PORTER It was really nice working with her, ... She's a very sweet little girl. We had a lot of rehearsal t... JENNIFER CONNELLY Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged gir... RICHARD WIDMARK I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. ANTHONY TROLLOPE Once upon a time they was two girls," I say. "one girl had black skin, one girl had white." Mae... KATHRYN STOCKETT A little girl learns from her daddy the kind of man she deserves to have in her future. CRISTABEL MICHAELS Brooke Shields has been a child star and has grown into an incredible actress. She is very accomplis... SAMMI HANRATTY I am riveted by Phaedra Parks and her performance of herself. She kills me. CASEY WILSON The Top Ten Reasons Why Virgin Val Sucks 10. She called me a one-hit-wonder. 9. She doesn�... KELLY ORAM She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN She has been having a lot of trouble with her car recently. I got mad at her and told her that her v... RICK ADAMS Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that h... JEANETTE WINTERSON She still has some things to learn. I haven't pushed her to be a team leader because she is playing ... DAVE FARRELL I've had the chance to watch Hilary develop for the past six or seven years and I am proud to have h... JENNIFER AVERILL Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness whic... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT I never thought I’d ever leave Zerc. But after knowing Cricket, it occurred to me that I had no re... ASH GRAY I'm totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes h... KATHLEEN HANNA Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but fo... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but f... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is y... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she wou... NICHOLAS SPARKS I was eating burritos with this girl and she asked me to be her prom date. How could I say no? We we... JOSH HARTNETT I talked to her on the phone (Saturday) and she had a little giggle in her voice and I knew she'd be... KRISTY CURRY For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was ... MIRANDA JULY There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. Wh... KRISTEN MCKEE I thought she did an excellent job of stepping up her game. With the success we've had, support has ... ALISON DAVIS My mom has always been a great support, and she has put so much of her own life into my career. I do... LINDSAY LOHAN It's just not fair. She has options in this. As a man, I have no options and am forced to live with ... MATT DUBAY She had the brashness of her comedy, but in her personal life there was such a sweetness. Sweetness,... MERV GRIFFIN I told a girl it would bring her luck, so she patted him and returned about three hours later saying... DAFYDD JAMES I have a girl crush on Rachel Bilson. She's so cute, I just want to put her in my pocket. I love... ALEXANDRA CHANDO My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The hair... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON She has the most bizarre and beautiful soul I had ever seen. Her eyes shined always like a�... AKSHAY VASU Well, you know the form,’ Bedingfield says. ‘She lives in that room and has her ladies – those... HILARY MANTEL She credits her carving skills today to the terrific teachers and classes she has taken. All her rib... E. JANE WENTWORTH All I had to do was die a little, and you get a new planet!" I expected her to laugh, or at lea... BETH REVIS
More Benjamin Franklin
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, th... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no m... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reas... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the laz... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you're finished changing, you're finished. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When in doubt, don't. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Lost time is never found again. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Distrust and caution are the parents of security. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Hunger is the best pickle. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, ac... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liber... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We assemble parliaments and councils, to have the benefit of their collected wisdom; but we necessar... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may per... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Whilst the last members were signing the Constitution, Doctor Franklin, looking towards the Presiden... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; becau... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Has not the famous political Fable of the Snake, with two Heads and one Body, some useful Instructio... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I we... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy?A Republic, if you can keep it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We must not in the course of public life expect immediate approbation and immediate grateful acknowl... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs throug... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is ri... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A plural Legislature is as necessary to good Government as a single Executive. It is not enough that... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Dr. FRANKLIN mentioned the case of the Prince of Orange William V, during the late war. An arrangeme... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Dr. Franklin was for retaining the clause on impeachment, as favorable to the executive. History fur... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continual reasonings w... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this trut... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The sleeping fox catches no poultry. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never confuse motion with action. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the mo... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God and Na... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tenden... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One today is worth two tomorrows. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The most important four words for a successful marriage: 'I'll do the dishes.' BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can't see. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In God we trust; all others must pay cash. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institution? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN What great energy, intelligence, and magnificent beautiful eyes... But enough about me, how are you ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Lib... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal.... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Creditors have better memories than debtors. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for mon... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When I reflect, as I frequently do, upon the felicity I have enjoyed, I sometimes say to myself, tha... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Love well, whip well. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Plough deep while sluggards sleep. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish gre... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the wa... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There never was a good war or a bad peace. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Observe all men, thyself most. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Where liberty is, there is my country. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The things which hurt, instruct. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that won't be counseled can't be helped. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all da... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Laws too gentle, are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. The... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Those that won't be counseled can't be helped. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means -- either ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great piece... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The proof of gold is fire... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you're finished changing, you're finished. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frug... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, an... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Drive your business, let not your business drive you. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Drive thy business or it will drive thee. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Would you live with ease, do what you should, and not what you please. Success has ruined many a man... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowled... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God heals and the doctor takes the fee. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN What has become clear to you since we last met? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you desire many things, many things will seem few. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Our necessities never equal our wants. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Lying rides upon debt's back. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would know the value of money try to borrow some. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do thing... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy meals. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Take time for all things; great haste makes great waste. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that lives upon hope will die fasting. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Genius without education is like silver in the mine. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Most fools think they are only ignorant. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfort... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One should eat to live, not live to eat. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN