Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.
In general Mankind, since the improvement of Cookery, eat about twice as much as Nature requires.
If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality.
Fish and Visitors stink in 3 days.
Drink does not drown Care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.
A Lie stands on 1 leg, Truth on 2.
You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
You can bear your own Faults, and why not a Fault in your Wife.
Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.