To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. – Benjamin Franklin
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. – Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin
‘Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. – Benjamin Franklin
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading in joy or sorrow, health or illness. – Holbrook Jackson