Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith. Benjamin Franklin More Quotes by Benjamin Franklin More Quotes From Benjamin Franklin Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre. Benjamin Franklin beard tyrants fall Fiction or fable allures to instruction. Benjamin Franklin fables instruction fiction Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire. Benjamin Franklin christian faith mean Do not let fancy outrun your means. Benjamin Franklin outrun fancy mean Stand firm, don't flutter! Benjamin Franklin stand-firm firm Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. Benjamin Franklin pieces pride desire Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue. Benjamin Franklin punctuality strict virtue Reckless haste makes poor speed. Benjamin Franklin reckless haste speed The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty. Benjamin Franklin able gold country Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us. Benjamin Franklin injury command christianity Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths. Benjamin Franklin ruined economy buying No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend. Benjamin Franklin prudent faithful friendship Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves. Benjamin Franklin take-care care pounds At a great pennyworth pause a while. Benjamin Franklin pauses prudence That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth. Benjamin Franklin one-love giving men A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool. Benjamin Franklin fool lord breakfast There is none deceived but he that trusts. Benjamin Franklin poor-richard trust deceived There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house. Benjamin Franklin vanity horse house Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years. Benjamin Franklin league way years But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin taxes this-world world
