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Remember This Saying, 'that The Good Paymaster Is Lord Of Another Man's Purse.' He That Is Known To Pay Punctually And Exactly To The Time He Promises, May At Any Time, And On Any Occasion, Raise All The Money His Friends Can Spare.

-Benjamin Franklin

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Remember This Saying, 'that The Good Paymaster Is Lord Of Another Man's Purse.' He That Is Known To Pay Punctually And Exactly To The Time He Promises, May At Any Time, And On Any Occasion, Raise All The Money His Friends Can Spare.

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

All The Heavenly Bodies, The Stars And Planets, Are Regulated With The Utmost Wisdom! And Can We Suppose Less Care To Be Taken In The Order Of The Moral Than In The Natural System?

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Some Books We Read, Tho' Few There Are That Hit The Happy Point Where Wisdom Joins With Wit.

He That Would Travel Much, Should Eat Little.

Anger Warms The Invention, But Overheats The Oven.

Those Have A Short Lent Who Owe Money To Be Paid At Easter.

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Our Necessities Never Equal Our Wants.

Plough Deep While Sluggards Sleep.

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He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] Used, Indeed, Sometimes To Pray For My Conversion, But Never Had The Satisfaction Of Believing That His Prayers Were Heard.

The Handshake Of The Host Affects The Taste Of The Roast

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Pride Gets Into The Coach, And Shame Mounts Behind.

Eat Few Suppers, And You'll Need Few Medicines.

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Remember, That Money Is Of The Prolific, Generating Nature. Money Can Beget Money, And Its Offspring Can Beget More, And So On. Five Shillings Turned Is Six, Turned Again It Is Seven And Threepence, And So On, Till It Becomes A Hundred Pounds. The More There Is Of It, The More It Produces Every Turning, So That The Profits Rise Quicker And Quicker. He That Kills A Breeding Sow, Destroys All Her Offspring To The Thousandth Generation. He That Murders A Crown, Destroys All That It Might Have Produced, Even Scores Of Pounds.

I Believe That Man Is Not The Most Perfect Being But One, Rather That As There Are Many Degrees Of Beings His Inferiors, So There Are Many Degrees Of Beings Superior To Him.

For Age And Want Save While You May; No Morning Sun Lasts A Whole Day.

If You Would Know The Value Of Money, Go And Try To Borrow Some.

A Bible And A Newspaper In Every House, A Good School In Every District; All Studied And Appreciated As They Merit; Are The Principal Support Of Virtue, Morality, And Civil Liberty.

Take It From Richard, Poor And Lame, What's Begun In Anger Ends In Shame.

That Wise Men Have In All Ages Thought Government Necessary For The Good Of Mankind; And, That Wise Governments Have Always Thought Religion Necessary For The Well Ordering And Well-being Of Society, And Accordingly Have Been Ever Careful To Encourage And Protect The Ministers Of It, Paying Them The Highest Publick Honours, That Their Doctrines Might Thereby Meet With The Greater Respect Among The Common People.

He That Hath A Trade, Hath An Estate.

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Gaining Money By My Industry And Frugality, I Lived Very Agreeably. . . .

While We May Not Be Able To Control All That Happens To Us, We Can Control What Happens Inside Us.

It Is Ill-manners To Silence A Fool And Cruelty To Let Him Go On

Those Who In Quarrels Interpose, Must Often Wipe A Bloody Nose.

The Heart Of A Fool Is In His Mouth, But The Mouth Of A Wise Man Is In His Heart.

In This World Nothing Can Be Said To Be Certain, Except Death And Taxes.

Slavery Is ...an Atrocious Debasement Of Human Nature.

Serving God Is Doing Good To Man, But Praying Is Thought An Easier Service And Therefore More Generally Chosen.

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.

An Infallible Remedy For The Tooth-ach, Viz Wash The Root Of An Aching Tooth, In Elder Vinegar, And Let It Dry Half An Hour In The Sun; After Which It Will Never Ach More; Probatum Est.

Justice Will Not Be Served Until Those Who Are Unaffected Are As Outraged As Those Who Are.

Nature Performs The Cure, The Physician Takes The Fee.

This Gave Me Occasion To Observe, That When Men Are Employ'd They Are Best Contented. For On The Days They Work'd They Were Good-natur'd And Chearful; And With The Consciousness Of Having Done A Good Days Work They Spent The Evenings Jollily; But On The Idle Days They Were Mutinous And Quarrelsome, Finding Fault With Their Pork, The Bread, And In Continual Ill-humour. (autobiography, 1771)

It Is The Duty Of Mankind On All Suitable Occasions To Acknowledge Their Dependence On The Divine Being... Almighty God Would Mercifully Interpose And Still The Rage Of War Among The Nations... He Would Take This Province Under His Protection, Confound The Designs And Defeat The Attempts Of Its Enemies, And Unite Our Hearts And Strengthen Our Hands In Every Undertaking That May Be For The Public Good, And For Our Defense And Security In This Time Of Danger.

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

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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.

It Is Observable That God Has Often Called Men To Places Of Dignity And Honor When They Have Been Busy In The Honest Employment Of Their Vocation.

No Employment Can Be Managed Without Arithmetic, No Mechanical Invention Without Geometry.

We Are Not Certain, We Are Never Certain. If We Were We Could Reach Some Conclusions, And We Could, At Last, Make Others Take Us Seriously. In This World Nothing Can Be Said To Be Certain, Except Death And Taxes.

We Are Spirits. That Bodies Should Be Lent Us While They Afford Us Pleasure, Assist Us In Acquiring Knowledge Or In Doing Good To Our Fellow-creatures, Is A Kind Of Benevolent Act Of God. When They Become Unfit For These Purposes And Afford Us Pain Instead Of Pleasure, Instead Of An Aid Become An Encumbrance And Answer None Of These Intentions For Which They Were Given, It Is Equally Kind And Benevolent That A Way Is Provided By Which We Get Rid Of Them. Death Is That Way.

Necessity Knows No Law; I Know Some Attorneys Of The Same.

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Where Sense Is Wanting, Everything Is Wanting.

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

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In Success Be Moderate. Humility Makes Great Men Twice Honourable.

Think What You Do When You Run In Debt: You Give To Another Power Over Your Liberty

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As Often As We Do Good, We Sacrifice.

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Look Before, Or You'll Find Yourself Behind.

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A People Who Chose Security Over Liberty Will Receive Neither Nor Deserve Either.

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.

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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.

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Would You Persuade, Speak Of Interest, Not Of Reason.

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Duty Is Not Beneficial Because It Is Commanded, But Is Commanded Because It Is Beneficial.

If You Want To Make A Friend, Let Someone Do You A Favor.

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

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It Is The Duty Of Mankind On All Suitable Occasions To Acknowledge Their Dependence On The Divine Being.

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

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Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck.

Hunger Is The Best Pickle.

But The Eyes Of Other People Are The Eyes That Ruin Us. If All But Myself Were Blind, I Should Want Neither Fine Clothes, Fine Houses Nor Fine Furniture.

I Never Turned To Drink. It Seemed To Turn To Me.

Here You Would Know, And Enjoy, What Prosperity Will Way Of Washington. For A Thousand Leagues Have Nearly The Same Effect With A Thousand Years.

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Most People Dislike Vanity In Others, Whatever Share They Have Of It Themselves; But I Give It Fair Quarter, Wherever I Meet With It, Being Persuaded That It Is Often Productive Of Good To The Possessor, And To Others Who Are Within His Sphere Of Action: And Therefore, In Many Cases, It Would Not Be Altogether Absurd If A Man Were To Thank God For His Vanity Among The Other Comforts Of Life.

There Are Three Faithful Friends - An Old Wife, An Old Dog, And Ready Money.

A Virtuous Heretic Shall Be Saved Before A Wicked Christian.

The Only Time Not Wasted Is Wasted Time.

A Temperate Diet Frees From Diseases; Such Are Seldom Ill, But If They Are Surprised With Sickness, They Bear It Better, And Recover Sooner; For Most Distempers Have Their Original From Repletion.

Since They Are Our Right, Let Us Be Vigilant To Preserve Them Uninfringed, And Free From Encroachments. If Animosities Arise, And We Should Be Obliged To Resort To Party, Let Each Of Us Range Himself On The Side Which Unfurls The Ensigns Of Public Good. Faction Will Then Vanish, Which, If Not Timely Suppressed, May Overturn The Balance, The Palladium Of Liberty, And Crush Us Under Its Ruins.

Lend Money To An Enemy, And Thou Will Gain Him, To A Friend And Thou Will Lose Him.

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

The Best Way To Help The Poor Is To Make Them Uncomfortable In Their Own Poverty.

The Poor Man Must Walk To Get Meat For His Stomach, The Rich Man To Get A Stomach To His Meat.

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

I Grew Convinced That Truth, Sincerity And Integrity In Dealings Between Man And Man Were Of The Utmost Importance To The Felicity Of Life, And I Formed Written Resolutions . . . To Practice Them Ever While I Lived.

Let Honesty And Industry Be Thy Constant Companions, And Spend One Penny Less Than Thy Clear Gains; Then Shall Thy Pocket Begin To Thrive; Creditors Will Not Insult, Nor Want Oppress, Nor Hungerness Bite, Nor Nakedness Freeze Thee

Hope Of Gain Lessens Pain.

Moderation In All Things - Including Moderation.

There Is None Deceived But He That Trusts.

Mankind Naturally And Generally Love To Be Flatter'd.

A Word To The Wise Is Enough, And Many Words Won't Fill A Bushel.

Marriage Is The Most Natural State Of Man, And Therefore The State In Which One Is Most Likely To Find Solid Happiness.

I Made The Greater Progress, From That Clearness Of Head And Quicker Apprehension Which Generally Attend Temperance In Eating And Drinking.

Quarrels Never Could Last Long, If On One Side Only Lay The Wrong.

That Is Simple. In The Colonies We Issue Our Own Money. It Is Called Colonial Scrip. We Issue It In Proper Proportion To The Demands Of Trade And Industry To Make The Products Pass Easily From The Producers To The Consumers. In This Manner Creating For Ourselves Our Own Paper Money, We Control Its Purchasing Power, And We Have No Interest To Pay.

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

Human Felicity Is Produced Not As Much By Great Pieces Of Good Fortune That Seldom Happen As By Little Advantages That Occur Every Day.

The English Love An Insult. It's Their Only Test Of A Man's Sincerity.

I Am In The Prime Of Senility.

Early To Bed And Early To Rise Makes A Man Healthy, Wealthy And Wise.

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

Lost Time Can Never Be Found Again

Only A Virtuous People Are Capable Of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt And Vicious, They Have More Need Of Masters.

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

What Vast Additions To The Conveniences And Comforts Of Living Might Mankind Have Acquired, If The Money Spent In Wars Had Been Employed In Works Of Public Utility; What An Extension Of Agriculture Even To The Tops Of Our Mountains; What Rivers Rendered Navigable, Or Joined By Canals; What Bridges, Aqueducts, New Roads, And Other Public Works, Edifices, And Improvements Might Not Have Been Obtained By Spending Those Millions In Doing Good, Which In The Last War Have Been Spent In Doing Mischief.

Industry Pays Debts, While Despair Increases Them.

Get What You Can, And What You Get Hold; 'tis The Stone That Will Turn All Your Lead Into Gold.

Believe None Of What You Hear And Half Of What You See.

A Good Conscience Is A Continual Christmas.

What Good Shall I Do This Day?

Getting It Done Is My Reward.

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Lawyers, Preachers, And Tomtits Eggs, There Are More Of Them Hatch'd Than Come To Perfection.

History Will Also Give Occasion To Expatiate On The Advantage Of Civil Orders And Constitutions; How Men And Their Properties Are Protected By Joining In Societies And Establishing Government; Their Industry Encouraged And Rewarded, Arts Invented, And Life Made More Comfortable; The Advantages Of Liberty, Mischiefs Of Licentiousness, Benefits Arising From Good Laws And A Due Execution Of Justice. Thus May The First Principles Of Sound Politics Be Fixed In The Minds Of Youth.

A Life Of Leisure And A Life Of Laziness Are Two Things. There Will Be Sleeping Enough In The Grave.

Those Who Are Fear'd, Are Hated.

To Be Thrown Upon One's Own Resources, Is To Be Cast In The Very Lap Of Fortune.

Furnished As All Europe Now Is With Academies Of Science, With Nice Instruments And The Spirit Of Experiment, The Progress Of Human Knowledge Will Be Rapid And Discoveries Made Of Which We Have At Present No Conception. I Begin To Be Almost Sorry I Was Born So Soon, Since I Cannot Have The Happiness Of Knowing What Will Be Known A Hundred Years Hence.

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

To Lengthen Thy Life, Lessen Thy Meals.

When You Are Done Changing, You're Done.

You Can't Tell Anyone Anything. You Have To Teach People For Them To Remember. Let The Person Experience What You Are Teaching And They Will Learn.

The Constitution Only Guarantees The American People The Right To Pursue Happiness. You Have To Catch It Yourself.

In Truth I Found Myself Incorrigible With Respect To Order; And Now I Am Grown Old, And My Memory Bad, I Feel Very Sensibly The Want Of It.

As To The Kindness You Mention, I Wish I Could Have Been Of More Service To You Than I Have Been, But If I Had, The Only Thanks That I Should Desire Are That You Would Always Be Ready To Serve Any Other Person That May Need Your Assistance, And So Let Good Offices Go Around, For Humankind Are All Of A Family. As For My Own Part, When I Am Employed In Serving Others I Do Not Look Upon Myself As Conferring Favors But Paying Debts.

Those Who Give Up Their Liberty For More Security Neither Deserve Liberty Nor Security.

What Signifies Philosophy That Does Not Apply To Some Use? May We Not Learn From Hence, That Black Clothes Are Not So Fit To Wear In A Hot Sunny Climate Or Season, As White Ones; Because In Such Cloaths The Body Is More Heated By The Sun When We Walk Abroad, And Are At The Same Time Heated By The Exercise, Which Double Heat Is Apt To Bring On Putrid Dangerous Fevers? The Soldiers And Seamen, Who Must March And Labour In The Sun, Should In The East Or West Indies Have An Uniform Of White?

Behold The Rain Which Descends From Heaven Upon Our Vineyards; There It Enters The Roots Of The Vines, To Be Changed Into Wine; A Constant Proof That God Loves Us, And Loves To See Us Happy.

If Your Riches Are Yours, Why Don't You Take Them With You To The Other World?

Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks.

The Foundation Of All Happiness In Thinking Rightly.

Constant Dropping Wears Away Stones

They Who Can Give Up Essential Liberty To Obtain A Little Temporary Safety Deserve Neither Liberty Nor Safety.

No Nation Was Ever Ruined By Trade.

He That Can Take Rest Is Greater Than He That Can Take Cities.

A Cheerful Face Is Nearly As Good For An Invalid As Healthy Weather.

Pride Is As Loud A Beggar As Want, And A Great Deal More Saucy

None Are Deceived But They That Confide.

He That Is Good For Making Excuses Is Seldom Good For Anything Else.

Write To Please Yourself. When You Write To Please Others You End Up Pleasing No One.

God Will Certainly Reward Virtue And Punish Vice, Either Here Or Hereafter.

Applause Waits On Success.

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Thirteen Virtues Necessary For True Success: Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity, And Humility.

Buy What Thou Hast No Need Of And Ere Long Thou Shalt Sell Thy Necessities.

We Are Not So Sensible Of The Greatest Health As Of The Least Sickness.

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.

He That Pursues Two Hares At Once, Does Not Catch One And Lets The Other Go.

Do Not Do That Which You Would Not Have Known.

Virtues, Of ... Moderation: Avoid Extremes. Forbear Resenting Injuries So Much As You Think They Deserve.

Ill Customs And Bad Advice Are Seldom Forgotten.

When You Are In Debt, Then You Are A Slave.

Death Takes No Bribes.

Success Has Ruin'd Many A Man.

Pen, Wax And Parchment Govern The World.

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