<p>Excerpts from Poor Richard’s Almanac, by Benjamin Franklin: </p><p> "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."</p>