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and Conviction for High Treason. September, 1803. The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out and stript of its lettering and gilding), Lies here, food for worms; But the work shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the author.— filed under And Cared Not How It Blew
Teach your child to hold his tongue, He'll learn fast enough to speak.— filed under Childhood
To his Son, on Education. Nov. 6, 1747. A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year.— filed under Economy
You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours.— filed under Bias
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.— filed under Folly
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.— filed under Liberty
Review of Pennsylvania. Where liberty dwells, there is my country. น.— filed under Liberty
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.— filed under Life
If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave. good to others, all the esteem of his fellowcitizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.— filed under Misers
Here you would know, and enjoy, what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.— filed under Posterity
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.— filed under Proverbs
Clean your Finger before you point at my Spots.— filed under Proverbs
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.— filed under Proverbs
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended.— filed under Proverbs
Express. 1851. Great Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.— filed under Proverbs
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.— filed under Proverbs
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the t'other world?— filed under Proverbs
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.— filed under Proverbs
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.— filed under Proverbs
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.— filed under Proverbs
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife. nn,— filed under Proverbs
Reprint 1612. P. 20. Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.— filed under Libanius
Snug as a bug in a rug. L. 53. The Stratford Jubilee. II. 1. 1779. Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.— filed under Iii
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice. hh.— filed under Iii
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.— filed under Borbonius
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.— filed under Alexander Severus
We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately.— filed under Unity
Gray. There never was a good war or a bad peace.— filed under War
Are women books? says Hodge, then would mine were An Almanack, to change her every year.— filed under Woman
How bething the, gentliman, How Adam dalf, and Eve span. 0. MS. of the Fifteenth Century. British Museum. Plough deep while sluggards sleep.— filed under Work