God governs in the affairs of men; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, neither can a kingdom rise without His aid.
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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
Lost time is never found again.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Well done is better than well said.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
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