Benjamin Quotes

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches.

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.

If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.

Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Opportunity is the great bawd.

If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.

Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.

Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.

Let thy vices die before thee.

The only thing you should do with pro forma earnings is ignore them.

The things which hurt, instruct.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

He that drinks fast, pays slow.

All cats look gray in the dark.

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.

Nothing preaches better than the act.

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.

I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish.

Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.

We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.

A full Belly brings forth every Evil.

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that "the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong."

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

Where there is hunger, law is not regarded; and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.

He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

Love, Cough, & a Smoke, can't well be hid.

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

Electrical matter differs from common matter in this, that the parts of the latter mutually attract, those of the former mutually repel each other.

Be ashamed to catch yourself idle.

There's no gain, without pain.