Excerpts from Poor Richard S Almanac, by Benjamin Franklin
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Excerpts from Poor Richard’s Almanac, by Benjamin Franklin:
"Visits should be short, like a winters day, Lest you're too troublesom hasten away." "Light purse, heavy heart." "Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (& a fire) to put her in." "Relation without friendship, friendship without power, power without will, will witho. effect, effect without profit, & profit without vertue, are not worth a farto." "Eat to live, and not live to eat." -- "To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals." "Fools make feasts and wise men eat 'em." "Beware of the young Doctor & the old Barber." "There is no little enemy." "God works wonders now & then; Behold! a Lawyer, an honest Man!" "No man e'er was glorious, who was not laborious." "If you ride a Horse, sit close and tight, If you ride a Man, sit easy and light." "Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection." "He that cannot obey, cannot command." "A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one." "Be slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing." "Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead." "Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred." "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise." "Here comes the Orator! with his Flood of Words, and his Drop of Reason." "Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days." "None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing." "The rotten Apple spoils his Companion." "Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass." "He that speaks much, is much mistaken." "Creditors have better memories than debtors." "He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot." "God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees." "A countryman between 2 Lawyers, is like a fish between two cats." "Well done is better than well said." "There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money." "If thou hast wit & learning, add to it Wisdom and Modesty." "Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones." "Make haste slowly." "He's a Fool that cannot conceal his Wisdom." "A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats." "A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone." "A penny saved is a penny earned." "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." "At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment." "Diligence is the Mother of good luck." "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of." "Early morning hath gold in its mouth." "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." "Energy and persistence conquer all things." "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other." "Fish and visitors smell in three days." "Genius without education is like silver in the mine." "God helps them that help themselves." "Haste makes waste." "Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is." "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing." "He that lives upon hope will die fasting." "He who multiplies riches multiplies cares." "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade." "If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty." "If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect." "It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright." "Kill no more pigeons than you can eat." "Little strokes fell great oaks." "Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." "Necessity never made a good bargain." "Never confuse motion with action." "Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day." "Plough deep while sluggards sleep." "Read much, but not many books." "Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise." "The sleeping fox catches no poultry." "They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles." "There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government." "Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account." "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." "Three removes are as bad as a fire. " "To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends." "To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy meals." "Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore." "Well done is better than well said." "Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." "Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting."