Intelligent Quotes

“For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.”

“Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.”

“Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.”

“Remember that Time is Money.”

“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Creditors have better memories than debtors.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

“Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”

“If you would be loved, love and be lovable.”

“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.”

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality; i.e. Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets (necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become Rich.”

“He that falls in love with himself, will have no rivals.”

“The man who is good at making an excuse, is seldom good at any thing else.”

“Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them.”

“God helps them that help themselves.”

“Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving, it sets you above him.”

“Little strokes fell great oaks.”

“The muses love the morning.”

“Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.”

“Hope of gain lessens pain.”

“No gains without pains.”

“Great estates may venture more; little boats must keep near shore.”

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.”

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”

“Observe all men; thyself most.”

“The eye of a master, will do more work than his hand.”

“’Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.”

“I have never seen the philosopher’s stone that turns lead into gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a man’s gold into lead.”

“The golden age never was the present age.”

“If you’d lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.”

“The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.”

“Bad gains are truly losses.”

“Nothing so popular as goodness.”

“The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.”

“Love, cough, and a smoke, can’t well be hid.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.”

“Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.”

“A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.”

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone.”

“Hold your council before dinner; the full belly hates thinking as well as acting.”

“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”

“A light purse is a heavy curse.”

“Thou canst not joke an enemy into a friend; but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.”

“There is no little enemy.”

“The cat in gloves catches no mice.”

“The proud hate pride—in others.”

“Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.”

“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”

“An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow.”

“If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”

“Do not do that which you would not have known.”

“We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.”

“A full belly makes a dull brain.”

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”

“Drunkenness, that worst of evils, makes some men fools, some beasts, some devils.”

“Eat few suppers, and you’ll need few medicines.”

“If you want a faithful servant, and one that you like—serve yourself.”

“Time is an herb that cures all diseases.”

“He’s a fool that makes his doctor his heir.”

“Beauty and folly are old companions.”

“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors.”

“The bell calls others to church, but itself never minds the sermon.”

“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.”

“Half the truth is often a great lie.”

“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”

“Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine languages. So ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride on.”

“When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.”

“The bird that sits, is easily shot.”

“At the working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter.”

“’'Tis easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.”

“Drive thy business, or it will drive thee.”

“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”

“Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning.”

“Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge.”

“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”

“All would live long, but none would be old.”

“As pride increases, fortune declines.”

“He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business by night.”

“A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.”

“Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.”

“Marry above thy match, and thou'lt get a master.”

“A good lawyer, a bad neighbor.”

“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.”

“’Tis a shame that your family is an honor to you! You ought to be an honor to your family.”

“A good example is the best sermon.”

“The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?”

“If you want to be wealthy, think of saving as well as of earning.”

“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”

“The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.”

“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”

“He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”

“’Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”

“When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.”

“So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”

“To be intimate with a foolish friend, is like going to bed with a razor.”

“It is better to take many injuries, than to give one.”

“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.”

“Silk and satins and scarlets and velvets put out the kitchen fire.”

“Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”

“One good husband is worth two good wives; for the scarcer things are the more they’re valued.”

“Take this remark from Richard, poor and lame, whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.”

“’Tis easier to build two chimneys, than maintain one in fuel.”

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”

“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”

“Well done is twice done.”

“An innocent plowman is more worthy than a vicious prince.”

“Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”

“Today is yesterday’s pupil.”

“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”

“Haste makes waste.”

“All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.”

“If you’d know the value of money, go and borrow some.”

“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.”

“To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.”

“Buy what thou hast no need of; and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.”

“Patience in a market, is worth pounds in a year.”

“Fools multiply folly.”

“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”

“A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.”

“Late children, early orphans.”

“He that drinks fast, pays slow.”

“Drink water; put the money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punch-bowl.”

“If you have time don’t wait for time.”

“The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt.”

“Sloth (like rust) consumes faster than labor wears. The used key is always bright.”

“There is neither honor nor gain got in dealing with a villian.”

“Time enough always proves little enough.”

“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”

“He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.”

“An hundred thieves cannot strip one naked man, especially if his skin’s off.”

“Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.”

“Vice knows she’s ugly, so puts on her mask.”

“Without justice courage is weak.”

“Fish and visitors stink in three days.”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“An empty bag cannot stand upright.”

“Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself.”

“Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.”

“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.”

“You will be careful, if you are wise; how you touch men's religion, or credit, or eyes.”

“There was never a good knife made of bad steel.”

“Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle.”

“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”

“Honor thy father and mother, i.e., live so as to be an honor to them when they are dead.”

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”

“He that builds before he counts the cost, acts foolishly; and he that counts before he builds, finds he did not count wisely.”

“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”

“Let every new year find you a better man.”

“For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.”

“It’s common for men to give pretended reasons instead of one real one.”

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”

“Lend money to an enemy, and thou’lt gain him, to a friend and thou’lt lose him.”

“When the wine enters, out goes the truth.”

“Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.”

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

“Industry pays debts, despair increases them.”

“Pardoning the bad, is injuring the good.”

“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies, than the fool from his friends.”

“Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped.”

“Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.”

“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”

“Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a breakfast.”

“Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.”

“If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.”

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

“Where there’s no law, there’s no bread.”

“The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.”

“Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.”

“The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasures; the knave takes pleasures, and then suffers pains.”

“You may delay, but time will not.”

“If you’d have a servant that you like, serve yourself.”

“Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.”

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”

“No nation was ever ruined by trade.”

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

“A penny saved is a penny earned.d”