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 | "Never confuse motion with action." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." | |
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Found in the topic Anger.
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| "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no
other." | |
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Found in the topic Experience.
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| "Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience." | |
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Found in the topic Genius.
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| "A false friend and a shadow stay around only while the sun
shines." | |
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Found in the topic Friendship.
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| "Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which
is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us.
We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be
grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find
him." | |
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Found in the topic Death.
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| "There never was a good war, or a bad peace." | |
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Found in the topic Peace.
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| "The use of money is all the advantage there is in having
money." | |
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Found in the topic Money.
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| "Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you
please." | |
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Found in the topic Please.
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| "Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of
reason." | |
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Found in the topic Word.
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| "There are three faithful friends ? an old wife, an old dog, and
ready money." | |
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Found in the topic Dog.
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| "If you would not be forgotten, As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worthy reading, Or do things worth the writing." | |
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Found in the topic False.
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| "If you want to keep a secret from an enemy, tell it not to a
friend." | |
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Found in the topic Endure.
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| "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much used in
the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early as November, 1755, in an
answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms the motto
of Franklin"s "Historical Review," 1759, appearing also in the body of the
work. ?Frothingham: Rise of the Republic of the United States, p.
413." | |
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Found in the topic Deserve.
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| "He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner." | |
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Found in the topic Fortune.
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| "He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him." | |
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Found in the topic Wealth.
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| "Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor." | |
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Found in the topic Potential.
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| "Three removes are as bad as a fire." | |
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Found in the topic Fire.
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| "You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair
wife without danger of horns." | |
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Found in the topic Wife.
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| "The first mistake in public business is the going into it." | |
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Found in the topic Business.
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