Eat to live, don't live to eat...

Eat to live, don't live to eat.

What is a butterfly? At best

What is a butterfly? At best
He's but a caterpiller drest.
The gaudy Fop's his picture just.

Benjamin Franklin 03.03.2018 03:03:03 1856 quotes

If you want to be loved, love ...

If you want to be loved, love and be loveable.

Beer is proof that God loves u...

Beer is proof that God loves us.

Reckless youth makes rueful ag...

Reckless youth makes rueful age.

A Brother may not be a Friend,...

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

You made delay, but time will ...

You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

Life is a kind of Chess, with ...

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

Chess is so interesting in its...

Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money

The game of Chess is not merel...

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

It is wonderful how prepostero...

It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconvenience of their collected passions, prejudices and private interests: for regulating commerce an assembly of great men is the greatest fool on earth

Every accent, every emphasis, ...

Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music. This is an advantage itinerant preachers have over those who are stationary, as the latter can not well improve their delivery of a sermon by so many rehearsals.

The King's cheese is half wast...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.

I looked around for God's judg...

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

I am the laziest man in the wo...

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

By playing at Chess then, we m...

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

Never spare the parson's wine ...

Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding

When Wine enters, out goes the...

When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.

Take heed of the Vinegar of sw...

Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

Twas Noah who first planted th...

Twas Noah who first planted the vine
And mended his morals by drinking its wine.