Benjamin Franklin Wealth and Wisdom

t is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.”

Approve not of him who commends all you say.

If you would have guests merry with cheer, Be so yourself, or so at least appear.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things.

Well done is better than well said.

There are no ugly loves, nor handsome prisons.

I concluded at length, that the people were the best judges of my merit; for they buy my works; and besides, in my rambles, where I am not personally known,