Poor Richard's Almanack

"Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly."

"Good-Will, like the Wind, floweth where it listeth."

"To serve the Publick faithfully, and at the same time please it entirely, is impracticable."

"Great Modesty often hides great Merit."

"He that's content, hath enough; He that complains, has too much."

"With bounteous Cheer, Conclude the Year."

"Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly."

"In a corrupt Age, the putting the World in order would breed Confusion; then e'en mind your own Business."

"The Way to see by Faith, is to shut the Eye of Reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle."

"Content is the Philosopher's Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold."

"When you're an Anvil, hold you still; When you're a Hammer, strike your Fill."

"When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed, or the other pitied."

"The first Mistake in publick Business, is the going into it."

"Rob not God, nor the Poor, lest thou ruin thyself; the Eagle snatcht a Coal from the Altar, but it fired her Nest."

"Fools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it."

"You may delay, but Time will not."

"Half the Truth is often a great Lie."

"If wind blows on you thro' a hole, Make your will and take care of your soul."

"Why does the blind man's wife paint herself?"

"The rotten Apple spoils his Companion."

"She that paints her face, thinks of her Tail."

"Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming."

"In a discreet man's mouth, a publick thing is private."

"Bargaining has neither friends nor relations."

"Admiration is the Daughter of Ignorance."

"There's more old Drunkards than old Doctors."

"He that can have Patience, can have what he will."

"God helps them that help themselves."

"None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing."

"The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse."

"He that takes a wife, takes care."

"Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass."

"Diligence is the mother of Good-Luck."

"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the Philosophers-Stone."

"He that lives upon Hope, dies fasting."

"Some are weatherwise,some are otherwise."

"Here comes the Orator! with his Flood of Words, and his Drop of Reason."

"To be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness."

"If what most men admire, they would despise, 'Twould look as if mankind were growing wise."

"Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself."

"The Sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompence."

"An old young man, will be a young old man."

"One Mend-fault is worth two Findfaults, but one Findfault is better than two Makefaults."

"He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things."

"The good Paymaster is Lord of another man's Purse."

"Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days."

"Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it."

"Tis easy to see, hard to foresee."

"Let thy maidservant be faithful, strong, and homely."

"Do not do what you would not have known."