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Before Noah, Men Having Only Water To Drink, Could Not Find The Truth. Accordingly...they Became Abominably Wicked, And They Were Justly Exterminated By The Water They Loved To Drink. This Good Man, Noah, Having Seen That All His Contemporaries Had Perished By This Unpleasant Drink, Took A Dislike To It; And God, To Relieve His Dryness, Created The Vine And Revealed To Him The Art Of Making Le Vin. By The Aid Of This Liquid He Unveiled More And More Truth.

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Before Noah, Men Having Only Water To Drink, Could Not Find The Truth. Accordingly...they Became Abominably Wicked, And They Were Justly Exterminated By The Water They Loved To Drink. This Good Man, Noah, Having Seen That All His Contemporaries Had Perished By This Unpleasant Drink, Took A Dislike To It; And God, To Relieve His Dryness, Created The Vine And Revealed To Him The Art Of Making Le Vin. By The Aid Of This Liquid He Unveiled More And More Truth.

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Idleness Is The Dead Sea That Swallows All Virtues. Be Active In Business, That Temptation May Miss Her Aim; The Bird That Sits Is Easily Shot.

'tis His Honesty That Brought Upon Him The Character Of A Heretic.

The Discontented Man Finds No Easy Chair.

Enjoy The Present Hour, Be Mindful Of The Past; And Neither Fear Nor Wish The Approaches Of The Last. Learn Of The Skillful: He That Teaches Himself, Hath A Fool For His Master.

The Importation Of Foreigners Into A Country That Has As Many Inhabitants As The Present Employments And Provisions For Subsistence Will Bear, Will Be In The End No Increase Of People, Unless The New Comers Have More Industry And Frugality Than The Natives, And Then They Will Provide More Subsistence, And Increase In The Country; But They Will Gradually Eat The Natives Out. Nor Is It Necessary To Bring In Foreigners To Fill Up Any Occasional Vacancy In A Country For Such Vacancy Will Soon Be Filled By Natural Generation.

Moderation In All Things - Including Moderation.

Take The Money In Your Wallet And Invest It In Your Mind. And In Return, Your Mind Will Fill Up Your Wallet!

Here's To Our Beloved George Washington, The Joshua Of America, Who Commanded The Sun And The Moon To Stand Still - And They Obeyed.

In New England They Once Thought Blackbirds Useless, And Mischievous To The Corn. They Made Efforts To Destroy Them. The Consequence Was, The Blackbirds Were Diminished; But A Kind Of Worm, Which Devoured Their Grass, And Which The Blackbirds Used To Feed On, Increased Prodigiously; Then, Finding Their Loss In Grass Much Greater Than Their Saving In Corn, They Wished Again For Their Blackbirds.

Beer Is God's Way Of Telling Us That He Loves Us And Wants Us To Be Happy.

Time Is Money, Be A Better You.

Take Care Of The Halfpence And Pence, And The Shillings And Pounds Will Take Care Of Themselves.

Take Counsel In Wine, But Resolve Afterwards In Water.

You Don't Get Somebody To Like You By Doing Them A Favor. That Only Tends To Build Resentment Over The Fact That They Are Needy And You Are Not. No, You Ask Them To Do You A Favor.

A Traveller Should Have A Hog's Nose, A Deer's Legs, And An Ass's Back.

A Good Example Is The Best Sermon.

What Signifies Knowing The Names, If You Know Not The Natures Of Things.

Do You Sincerely Declare That You Love Mankind In General, Of What Profession Or Religion Soever? Do You Think Any Person Ought To Be Harmed In His Body, Name, Or Goods, For Mere Speculative Opinions, Or His External Way Of Worship? Do You Love Truth For Truth's Sake; And Will You Endeavor Impartially To Find And Receive It Yourself, And Communicate It To Others.

On Being Asked What Condition Of Man He Considered The Most Pitiable: A Lonesome Man On A Rainy Day Who Does Not Know How To Read.

This [the U.s. Constitution] Is Likely To Be Administered For A Course Of Years And Then End In Despotism... When The People Shall Become So Corrupted As To Need Despotic Government, Being Incapable Of Any Other.

It Is Only When The Rich Are Sick That They Fully Feel The Impotence Of Wealth.

An Investment In Knowledge Pays The Best Interest. When It Comes To Investing, Nothing Will Pay Off More Than Educating Yourself. Do The Necessary Research, Study And Analysis Before Making Any Investment Decisions.

Do Not Anticipate Trouble, Or Worry About What May Never Happen. Keep In The Sunlight.

Vice Knows [its] Ugly, So [it] Puts On [a] Mask.

No Man Ever Was Glorious, Who Was Not Laborious.

I Therefore Beg Leave To Move That Henceforth Prayers Imploring The Assistance Of Heaven, And Its Blessing On Our Deliberations, Be Held In This Assembly Every Morning.

Resolve To Perform What You Ought; Perform Without Fail What You Resolve.

I Have So Much Faith In The General Government Of The World By Providence That I Can Hardly Conceive A Transaction Of Such Momentous Importance [as The Framing Of The Constitution] ... Should Be Suffered To Pass Without Being In Some Degree Influenced, Guided, And Governed By That Omnipotent, Omnipresent, And Beneficent Ruler In Whom All Inferior Spirits Live And Move And Have Their Being.

La Pereza Anda Tan Despacio Que La Pobreza No Tarda En Alcanzarla.

Life's Tragedy Is That We Get Old Too Soon And Wise Too Late.

'tis True There Is Much To Be Done, . . . But Stick To It Steadily, And You Will See Great Effects, For Constant Dropping Wears Away Stones . . . And Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks, As Poor Richard Says. . . .

For Having Lived Long, I Have Experienced Many Instances Of Being Obliged, By Better Information Or Fuller Consideration, To Change Opinions, Even On Important Subjects, Which I Once Thought Right But Found To Be Otherwise.

I Believe Long Habits Of Virtue Have A Sensible Effect On The Countenance.

If Any Form Of Government Is Capable Of Making A Nation Happy, Ours I Think Bids Fair Now For Producing That Effect. But After All Much Depends Upon The People Who Are Governed.

Those Who Sacrifice Essential Liberty For Temporary Safety Are Not Deserving Of Either Liberty Or Safety.

I Believe There Is One Supreme Most Perfect Being. [...] I Believe He Is Pleased And Delights In The Happiness Of Those He Has Created; And Since Without Virtue Man Can Have No Happiness In This World, I Firmly Believe He Delights To See Me Virtuous.

We Constantly Change The World, Even By Our Inaction. Therefore, Let Us Change It Responsibly.

Changing The World

A Slip Of The Foot You May Soon Recover, But A Slip Of The Tongue You May Never Get Over.

O Powerful Goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase In Me That Wisdom Which Discovers My Truest Interest. Strengthen My Resolution To Perform What That Wisdom Dictates. Accept My Kind Offices To Thy Other Children As The Only Return In My Power For Thy Continual Favours To Me.

He That Hath A Trade, Hath An Estate.

Sloth Makes All Things Difficult, But Industry All Easy; And He That Riseth Late Must Trot All Day, And Shall Scarce Overtake His Business At Night; While Laziness Travels So Slowly, That Poverty Soon Overtakes Him.

As To Jesus Of Nazareth, My Opinion Of Whom You Particularly Desire, I Think The System Of Morals And His Religion, As He Left Them To Us, The Best The World Ever Saw Or Is Likely To See; But I Apprehend It Has Received Various Corrupting Changes; And I Have, With Most Of The Present Dissenters In England, Some Doubts As To His Divinity.

Security Without Liberty Is Called Prison.

They Who Have Nothing To Trouble Them, Will Be Troubled At Nothing.

He Is No Clown That Drives The Plow, But He That Doth Clownish Things.

A Perfect Character Might Be Attended With The Inconvenience Of Being Envied And Hated; And That A Benevolent Man Should Allow A Few Faults In Himself, To Keep His Friends In Countenance.

The Best Doctor Gives The Least Medicines.

Lost Time Is Never Found Again, And What We Call Time Enough, Always Proves Little Enough.

You Can Bear Your Own Faults, And Why Not A Fault In Your Wife?

If You Have Something To Do Tomorrow, Do It Today.

The Foundation Of All Happiness In Thinking Rightly.

If I Could See One Live Show Before I Died, I'd See Lucy Angel

If You'd Lose A Troublesome Visitor, Lend Him Money.

Do Good To Your Friends To Keep Them, To Your Enemies To Win Them.

Ambition Has Its Disappointments To Sour Us, But Never The Good Fortune To Satisfy Us.

Epitaph On A Scolding Wife By Her Husband: Here My Poor Bridget's Corpse Doth Lie, She Is At Rest - And So Am I!

Annual Giving Is The Custom Of Making A Gift-a-year To An Institution In Which One Has Faith.

Gentlemen, I Have Lived A Long Time And Am Convinced That God Governs In The Affairs Of Men. If A Sparrow Cannot Fall To The Ground Without His Notice, Is It Probable That An Empire Can Rise Without His Aid? I Move That Prayer Imploring The Assistance Of Heaven Be Held Every Morning Before We Proceed To Business.

Would You Live With Ease, Do What You Ought, And Not What You Please.

Hope Is An Essential Constituent Of Human Life.

One Good Husband Is Worth Two Good Wives, For The Scarcer Things Are, The More They Are Valued.

God Heals, And The Doctor Takes The Fees.

Let The Experiment Be Made.

Temperance Puts Wood On The Fire, Meal In The Barrel, Flour In The Tub, Money In The Purse, Credit In The Country, Contentment In The House, Clothes On The Back, And Vigor In The Body.

Mary's Mouth Cost Her Nothing For She Never Opens It But At Others' Expense.

Taxes Are Indeed Very Heavy - We Are Taxed Twice As Much By Our Idleness. Three Times As Much By Our Pride. And Four Times As Much By Our Folly.

Poverty, Poetry, And New Titles Of Honor, Make Men Ridiculous

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If All But Myself Were Blind, I Should Want Neither A Fine House Nor Fine Furniture.

Whenever We Attempt To Mend The Scheme Of Providence And To Interfere In The Government Of The World, We Had Need Be Very Circumspect Lest We Do More Harm Than Good.

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When Men Differ In Opinion, Both Sides Ought Equally To Have The Advantage Of Being Heard By The Public; When Truth And Error Have Fair Play, The Former Is Always An Overmatch For The Latter.

It Might Be Judged An Affront To Your Understanding Should I Go About To Prove This First Principle; The Existence Of A Diety And That He Is The Creator Of The Universe, For That Would Suppose You Ignorant Of What All Mankind In All Ages Have Agreed In.

Reading Was The Only Amusement I Allowed Myself

The Body Of B. Franklin, Printer Like The Cover Of An Old Book Its Contents Turn Out And Stript Of Its Lettering & Guilding Lies Here. Food For Worms For, It Will As He Believed Appear Once More In A New And More Elegant Edition Corrected And Improved By The Author.

Great Spenders Are Bad Lenders.

When Will Mankind Be Convinced And Agree To Settle Their Difficulties By Arbitration?

The Man That Walks Wit Crowd, Will Get No Farther Than The Crowd. The Man That Walks Alone, Will Reach Places Unknown.

Money Never Made A Man Happy Yet, Nor Will It. There Is Nothing In Its Nature To Produce Happiness. The More A Man Has, The More He Wants. Instead Of Its Filling A Vacuum, It Makes One. If It Satisfies One Want, It Doubles And Trebles That Want Another Way. That Was A True Proverb Of The Wise Man, Rely Upon It; Better Is Little With The Fear Of The Lord, Than Great Treasure, And Trouble Therewith.

As Charms Are Nonsense, Nonsense Is A Charm.

Nothing But Money, Is Sweeter Than Honey.

The Strictest Law Sometimes Becomes The Severest Injustice.

Among The Numerous Luxuries Of The Table...coffee May Be Considered As One Of The Most Valuable. It Excites Cheerfulness Without Intoxication; And The Pleasing Flow Of Spirits Which It Occasions...is Never Followed By Sadness, Languor Or Debility.

The Generous Mind Least Regards Money, And Yet Most Feels The Want Of It.

The Church, The State, And The Poor, Are 3 Daughters Which We Should Maintain, But Not Portion Off.

One Of The Advantages Of Being A 'reasonable Creature' Is That One Can Find A Reason For Whatever One Wants To Do.

Were The Offer Made True, I Would Engage To Run Again, From Beginning To End, The Same Career Of Life. All I Would Ask Should Be The Privilege Of An Author, To Correct, In A Second Edition, Certain Errors Of The First.

A Child Thinks 20 Shillings And 20 Years Can Never Be Spent.

Beer Is Proof That God Wants Us To Be Happy

Neglect Mending A Small Fault And 'twill Soon Be A Great One.

How Do You Become Better Tomorrow? By Improving Yourself, The World Is Made Better. Be Not Afraid Of Growing Too Slowly. Be Afraid Of Standing Still. Forget Your Mistakes, But Remember What They Taught You. So How Do You Become Better Tomorrow? By Becoming Better Today.

Becoming Better

If We Look Back Into History For The Character Of The Present Sects In Christianity, We Shall Find Few That Have Not In Their Turns Been Persecutors, And Complainers Of Persecution. The Primitive Christians Thought Persecution Extremely Wrong In The Pagans, But Practised It On One Another.

Constant Dropping Wears Away Stones

Success Is The Residue Of Planning.

Human Happiness Comes Not From Infrequent Pieces Of Good Fortune, But From The Small Improvements To Daily Life.

A Lighthouse Is More Useful Than A Church.

If It Were Not For The Belly, The Back Might Wear Gold.

After Three Days Men Grow Weary, Of A Wench, A Guest, And Weather Rainy.

I Consent Sir, To This Constitution Because I Expect No Better, And Because I Am Not Sure, That It Is Not The Best.

I Know Not Which Lives More Unnatural Lives, Obeying Husbands, Or Commanding Wives.

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?

A Highwayman Is As Much A Robber When He Plunders In A Gang As When Single; And A Nation That Makes An Unjust War Is Only A Great Gang.

Spare When Young, And Spend When Old.

If Your Head Is Made Of Wax, Don't Walk In The Sun

What Is Best For People Is What They Do For Themselves.

A Nod From A Lord Is A Breakfast For A Fool.

Employ Thy Time Well, If Thou Meanest To Gain Leisure.

If Principle Is Good For Anything, It Is Worth Living Up To.

Scarcely Have I Ever Heard Or Read The Introductory Phrase, "i May Say Without Vanity," But Some Striking And Characteristic Instance Of Vanity Has Immediately Followed.

If Time Be Of All Things The Most Precious, Wasting Time Must Be, As Poor Richard Says, “the Greatest Prodigality'; Since, As He Elsewhere Tells Us, 'lost Time Is Never Found Again'; And 'what We Call Time Enough Always Proves Little Enough'. Let Us Then Up And Be Doing, And Doing To The Purpose; So By Diligence Shall We Do More With Less Perplexity.

A Single Man Has Not Nearly The Value He Would Have In A State Of Union. He Is An Incomplete Animal. He Resembles The Odd Half Of A Pair Of Scissors.

None Are Deceived But They That Confide.

A Policy Of Life Insurance Is The Cheapest And Safest Mode Of Making A Certain Provision For One's Family.

Pen, Wax And Parchment Govern The World.

There Is Always Room For The Man Of Force.

Doing Your Best Means Never Stop Trying.

Lying Rides Upon Debt's Back.

If This Lady Is Pleased To Spend Her Days With Franklin, He Would Be Just As Pleased To Spend His Nights With Her.

What More Valuable Than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

If The Elbow Had Been Placed Closer To The Hand, The Forearm Would Have Been Too Short To Bring The Glass To The Mouth; And If It Had Been Closer To The Shoulder, The Forearm Would Have Been So Long That It Would Have Carried The Glass Beyond The Mouth.

Reading Makes A Full Man, Meditation A Profound Man, Discourse A Clear Man.

Taxes On Consumption, Like Those On Capital Or Income, To Be Just, Must Be Uniform.

He That Resolves To Mend Hereafter, Resolves Not To Mend Now.

Who Is Rich? He That Rejoices In His Portion.

Those Who Would Give Up Liberty For Safety Deserve Neither.

Perhaps I Was Too Saucy And Provoking.

Wise Men Don't Need Advice. Fools Won't Take It.

If You Wou'd Be Reveng'd Of Your Enemy, Govern Your Self

Conceiving God To Be The Fountain Of Wisdom, I Thought It Right And Necessary To Solicit His Assistance For Obtaining It.

I Have Never Seen The Philosopher's Stone That Turns Lead Into Gold, But I Have Known The Pursuit Of It Turn A Man's Gold Into Lead.

What's A Sun-dial In The Shade?

A Flatterer Never Seems Absurd: The Flatter'd Always Takes His Word.

We Have Been Assured, Sir, In The Sacred Writings, That 'except The Lord Build The House, They Labor In Vain That Build It' I Firmly Believe This; By Our Partial Local Interests; Our Projects Will Be Confounded, And We Ourselves Shall Become A Reproach And A By Word Down To Future Ages.

Private Property ... Is A Creature Of Society, And Is Subject To The Calls Of That Society, Whenever Its Necessities Shall Require It, Even To Its Last Farthing, Its Contributors Therefore To The Public Exigencies Are Not To Be Considered A Benefit On The Public, Entitling The Contributors To The Distinctions Of Honor And Power, But As The Return Of An Obligation Previously Received, Or As Payment For A Just Debt.

Women And Wine, Game And Deceit, Make The Wealth Small, And The Want Great

By Improving Yourself, The World Is Made Better. Be Not Afraid Of Growing Too Slowly. Be Afraid Only Of Standing Still.

Nothing Preaches Better Than The Act.

Many People Die At Twenty Five And Aren't Buried Until They Are Seventy Five.

Scarcely Was I Arrived At Fifteen Years Of Age, When, After Having Doubted In Turn Of Different Tenets, According As I Found Them Combated In The Different Books That I Read, I Began To Doubt Of Revelation Itself.

Chess Teaches Foresight, By Having To Plan Ahead; Vigilance, By Having To Keep Watch Over The Whole Chess Board; Caution, By Having To Restrain Ourselves From Making Hasty Moves; And Finally, We Learn From Chess The Greatest Maxim In Life - That Even When Everything Seems To Be Going Badly For Us We Should Not Lose Heart, But Always Hoping For A Change For The Better, Steadfastly Continue Searching For The Solutions To Our Problems.

The Only Thing That Is More Expensive Than Education Is Ignorance.

Interest Which Blinds Some People, Enlightens Others.

Whoever Shall Introduce Into Public Affairs The Principles Of Primitive Christianity Will Change The Face Of The World.

Two Dry Sticks Will Burn A Green One.

Poverty Wants Some Things, Luxury Many Things, Avarice All Things

Laziness Travels So Slowly That Poverty Soon Overtakes It.

Here Comes The Orator With His Flood Of Words And His Drop Of Reason.

People Are Best Convinced By Things They Themselves Discover.

Motivational Business

Nine Men In Ten Are Suicides.

Be Studious In Your Profession, And You Will Be Learned. Be Industrious And Frugal, And You Will Be Rich. Be Sober And Temperate, And You Will Be Healthy. Be In General Virtuous, And You Will Be Happy. At Least You Will, By Such Conduct, Stand The Be.

A Wicked Hero Will Turn His Back To An Innocent Coward.

She Laughs At Everything You Say. Why? Because She Has Fine Teeth.

Proclaim Not All Though Knowest, Or All Though Owest.

Beware The Hobby That Eats.

A Penny Saved Is Twopence Dear; A Pin A Day 's A Groat A Year.

Outside Independence Hall When The Constitutional Convention Of 1787 Ended, Mrs. Powel Of Philadelphia Asked Benjamin Franklin, "well, Doctor, What Have We Got, A Republic Or A Monarchy?" With No Hesitation Whatsoever, Franklin Responded, "a Republic, If You Can Keep It."

Never Praise Your Cider Or Your Horse

Blame-all And Praise-all Are Two Blockheads.

The Man Who Does Things Makes Mistakes, But He Doesn't Make The Biggest Mistake Of All-doing Nothing.

Since Thou Are Not Sure Of A Minute, Throw Not Away An Hour.

You Will See In This My Notion Of Good Works, That I Am Far From Expecting To Merit Heaven By Them. By Heaven We Understand A State Of Happiness, Infinite In Degree, And Eternal In Duration. I Can Do Nothing To Deserve Such Rewards... Even The Mixed Imperfect Pleasures We Enjoy In This World, Are Rather From God's Goodness Than Our Merit, How Much More Such Happiness Of Heaven!

It Is The First Responsibility Of Every Citizen To Question Authority.

Watch The Pennies And The Dollars Will Take Care Of Themselves.

Give Me Yesterday's Bread, This Day's Flesh, And Last Year's Cider

The States Acceded To The Union.

Man Is A Tool-making Animal

Diligence Overcomes Difficulties; Sloth Makes Them.

People Want To Catch A Buzz. That Is Why Drugs Are Illegal, Yet People Still Try To Get Their Hands On Them No Matter What The Consequence. Drugs Make Us Happy, They May Not Be Healthy.

Tis Against Some Mens Principle To Pay Interest, And Seems Against Others Interest To Pay The Principle.

Pardoning The Bad, Is Injuring The Good.

I Have Found Christian Dogma Unintelligible.

If You Do Tomorrow What You Did Today , You Will Get Tomorrow What You Got Today

God Grant, That Not Only The Love Of Liberty, But A Thorough Knowledge Of The Rights Of Man, May Pervade All The Nations Of The Earth, So That A Philosopher May Set His Foot Anywhere On Its Surface, And Say, 'this Is My Country.'

The Use Of Money Is All The Advantage There Is In Having Money.

Our Constitution Is In Actual Operation; Everything Appears To Promise That It Will Last; But In This World Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes.

Thank God! We Are In The Full Enjoyment Of All These Privileges. But Can We Be Taught To Prize Them Too Much? Or How Can We Prize Them Equal To Their Value, If We Do Not Know Their Intrinsic Worth, And That They Are Not A Gift Bestowed Upon Us By Other Men, But A Right That Belongs To Us By The Laws Of God And Nature?

Certainlie These Things Agree, The Priest, The Lawyer, & Death All Three: Death Takes Both The Weak And The Strong. The Lawyer Takes From Both Right And Wrong, And The Priest From Living And Dead Has His Fee.

Don't Judge Men's Wealth Or Godliness By Their Sunday Appearance.

If The New Universal History Were Also Read, It Would Give A Connected Idea Of Human Affairs, So Far As It Goes, Which Should Be Followed By The Best Modern Histories, Particularly Of Our Mother Country; Then Of These Colonies; Which Should Be Accompanied With Observations On Their Rise, Increase, Use To Great Britain, Encouragements And Discouragements, The Means To Make Them Flourish, And Secure Their Liberties.

Hear No Ill Of A Friend, Nor Speak Any Of An Enemy.

A Man In A Passion, Rides A Mad Horse.

Men Take More Pains To Mask Than Mend.

Without Continual Growth And Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement, And Success Have No Meaning.

Congratulations

As Pride Increases, Fortune Declines.

Little Leaks Sink The Ship.

War Is When The Government Tells You Who The Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself.

If Thou Hast Wit And Learning, Add To It Wisdom And Modesty.

When You Get Into A Tight Place And Everything Goes Against You, Till It Seems As Though You Could Not Hold On A Minute Longer, Never Give Up Then, For That Is Just The Place And Time That The Tide Will Turn. When You're Down To Nothing, God Is Up To Something. The Faithful See The Invisible, Believe The Incredible And Then Receive The Impossible. Where Liberty Dwells There Is My Country.

The Rotten Apple Spoils His Companion.

If All Printers Were Determined Not To Print Anything Till They Were Sure It Would Offend Nobody, There Would Be Very Little Printed.

No Nation Has Ever Been Ruined By Trade.

He That Won't Be Counseled Can't Be Helped.

Life With Fools Consists In Drinking; With The Wise Man, Living's Thinking.

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