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Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.

Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.

Benjamin Franklin
Want, Break, Wit
Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.58, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

Benjamin Franklin
Thrive, Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1815*). “The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin”, p.174

Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat.

Benjamin Franklin
Pennies, Wells
Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.24, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.

Benjamin Franklin
Visitors, Stink, Fishes
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.277, Oxford University Press, USA

Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away.

Benjamin Franklin
Drink, Poet, All Things
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.10, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows.

Benjamin Franklin
Bed, Wealth, Fellows
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Way to Wealth: Advice, Hints, and Tips on Business, Money, and Finance”, p.84, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

Benjamin Franklin
Disappointment, Ambition, Sour
Benjamin Franklin (1839). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.15

Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.

Benjamin Franklin
Justice, Pity, Forbearance

Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.

Benjamin Franklin
Mortals, Universe

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

Benjamin Franklin
Honesty, Atheism, Littles
Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

Benjamin Franklin
Husband, Lying, Humorous
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.40, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.

Benjamin Franklin
Humorous, Cost, Mouths
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

Never praise your cider or your horse

Benjamin Franklin
Horse, Humorous, Cider
Benjamin Franklin (1928). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1757, 1758, First Written Under the Name of Richard Saunders”

The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

Benjamin Franklin
Humorous, Wife, Choices
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.129, Barnes & Noble Publishing

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Benjamin Franklin
Believe, Water, Soul

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

Benjamin Franklin
Looks, I Am What I Am, Like Me

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Mouths, Discreet
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

Never contradict anybody.

Benjamin Franklin

Onions can make even Heirs and Widows weep.

Benjamin Franklin
Food, Cooking, Widows
James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.

Benjamin Franklin
Mouths, Speak, Speed
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety.

Benjamin Franklin
Anxiety, Solicitude, Covetousness
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.373

Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.

Benjamin Franklin
Mankind, Opposition

If we can sleep without dreaming, it is well that painful dreams are avoided. If, while we sleep, we can have any pleasing dreams, it is as the French say, tant gagne, so much added to the pleasure of life.

Benjamin Franklin
Dream, Sleep, Painful
Benjamin Franklin (1853). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: To which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays”, p.246

Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre.

Benjamin Franklin
Fall, Tyrants, Beard

Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.

Benjamin Franklin
Faith, Christian, Mean
Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent (1854). “The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography”, p.420

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