PS ft5 US FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK 3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0000138477^, % THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK Uniform with this Volume The Lincoln Year Book. Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator for Every Day in the Year. Compiled by Wal- lace Rice. . . . Net $1.00 A. C. McClurg & Co. Chicago THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAXIMS AND MORALS FROM THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER COMPILED BY WALLACE RICE COMPILER OF THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. l 907 Copyright, 1907, A. C. McClurg & Co. Published October 12, 1907 7$ iH MM at COWER! \ iwc Cooies Received OCT 18 190? Copyright Entry Oct n ff*7 1 CUVS& 4 * AC " Wo ' ( COPY 0. • • • • « » • ■» SHje fLafcegftw ^rrssa R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO Deny self, for self's sake. The noblest question in the world is, What good can I do in it? JANUARY But dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY FIRS T Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. SECOND Drink water. THIRD He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea. FOURTH Industry pays debts, while despair in- creased them. F I F T H We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY SIXTH Necessity never made a good bargain. SB VENTH If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. EIGHTH Three may keep a secret, if two of them be dead. NINTH They that will not be counselled can not be helped. TENTH Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY ELE VENT H When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. TWELF T H If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. T H I R T E E NTH An old young man will be a young old man. FPU RTE EN T H It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. F I F T E EN T H Add frugality, if we would make our industry certainly successful. u yn« J ( B S3 B Pi THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY SIXTEENTH He that can have patience can have what he will. S E VENTEENTH It is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man, if he will make a business of it. EI G H TEEN T H A man's own care is profitable. NINE TEENTH Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety. TWENT I E T H To bear other people's afflictions, every one has courage enough and to spare. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY TWENTY- FIRS T There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies. TWENTY- SEC O ND Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. TWENTY-THIRD Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in soon gets to the bottom. TWENTY-F O U R TH Creditors have better memories than i debtors. TWENTY- FI F TH Avoid extremes. TWENTY- S I XT H In the affairs of this world men are saved, not by faith, but by want of it. ^{^i I -:-■ THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JANUARY TWENTY- SE VENTH What vast additions to the conven- iences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in war had been employed in works of public utility. TWENTY-EIGHTH A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. TWENTY-NINTH Grace thou thy house, and let not that grace thee. THIRTIETH Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open. TH I R TY - FIRS T Be not disturbed at trifles. FEBRUARY The most acceptable service of God is the do- ing good to man. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY FIRS T Diligence is the mother of good luck. SECOND Because they look pretty, how many want to have them ! THIRD The stars are seldom disappointed. FO U R TH Pride meets with provocations and disturbances upon almost every occa- sion. F I F TH Sal laughs at everything you say; why ? because she has fine teeth. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY SIX T H Love well, whip well. S E YEN TH Tolerate no uncleanliness. EIGHTH My father convinced me that nothing was useful which was not honest. NINTH A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone. TENTH Keep your eyes open before marriage, half-shut afterwards. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY ELE VENTH Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. TWELF TH LQlOi iiiiiiim Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting. TH I R TEEN TH Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. a c IISm; FOUR TEENTH Learn to be quiet and respect each m other's rights. F I F TEENTH In this country we are not so afraid of ' being laughed at. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue. SEVENTEENTH By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable. EIGHTEENTH It is of the essence of envy to be un- easy and disquieted. NINE TEENTH As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence. TWENTI E TH Let thy discontents be thy secrets. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY TWENTY- FIRS T Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. TWENTY- SECOND If you would be wealthy, think of sav- ing as well as getting. TWENTY-T H I RD As to old age, it will be incurable this year, because of years past. TWENTY - F O U RT H Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that have not wit enough to be honest. TWENTY- F I F T H Avoid trifling conversation. CJSJ THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY TWENTY- SIXTH Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire. TWENTY- S E VENTH Let thy handmaid be faithful, strong, and homely. TWENTY- EI G H T H Forbear resenting injuries as much as you think they deserve. TWENTY-NINTH Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. MARCH All true happiness, as all that is truly beautiful, can only result from order. !< j THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH FIRS T Opportunity is the great bawd. SECOND We know not how soon we may have a fresh occasion for friends, for credit, and for reputation. THIRD I found myself obliged to comply, con- vinced of the folly of being on bad terms i— with those one is to live with continually. W C ^ FOUR T H The eye of a master will . do more work than both his hands. F I F T H It is foolish to lay out money in a pur- chase of repentance. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH SIX T H Hard names and many were bestowed on me. 5 E VBNTH Whenever we attempt to amend the scheme of Providence, we had need be circumspect, lest we do more harm than good. EI G H T H It would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life. NINTH Let thy child's first lesson be obedi- ence, and the second will be what thou wilt. TENTH Remember that credit is money. 1 THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH ELE VENT H There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands, for I have no lands. TWE LF T H The way to wealth, if you desire it, is •§ as plain as the way to market. TH I R TEE NTH Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. FOUR T E E NTH A man must have a great deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doc- trines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false. F I F TE E NTH There are numbers, who, perhaps, fear less the being in hell than out of fashion. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH SIXTEENTH If you can gain the great to an exem- plary life, wonderful changes will follow in the manners of the lower ranks. 5 E VENTEE N T H Form the pronunciation of youth on the best models. EIGHTEENTH I would rather have it said, He lived usefully, than, He died rich. NINE TEENTH Ignorance is often attended with cre- dulity when knavery would mislead it, and with suspicion when honesty would set it right. TWENTIE TH Fondness for ourselves, rather than malevolence to others, I take to be the general source of censure and backbiting. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH TWENTY- FIRS T Ideas will string themselves, like ropes of onions. TWENTY- SECOND Not being used to liberty, they know not how to make a modest use of it. TWENTY-THIRD Wise and good men are the strength of a state. TWENTY- F O U RTH If you will not hear Reason, she will surely rap your knuckles. TWENTY- F I F TH He that possesses anything he has bought, pays interest for the use of it. TWENTY- SIXTH The greater the common fashionable expense of a rank of people, the more cautious they are of marriage. ; THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MARCH TWENTY- S E VENTH Eat not to dullness ; drink not to ele- vation. TWENTY- E I G H TH To distress is to weaken. TWENTY-NINTH Those who can not get land must labor for those who have it. THIRTIETH He that by the plough would thrive Himself must either hold or drive. TH I R TY - FIRS T She that will eat her breakfast in her bed, And spend the morn in dressing of her head, And sit at dinner like a maiden bride, And talk of nothing all day but of pride ; God in his mercy may do much to save her, But what a case is he in that doth have her! APRIL Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in chang- ing. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL FIRST He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. SECOND Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries. THIRD Continual dropping wears away stones. FO U R TH The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhab- itants are able to purchase. F I F TH Sloth shortens life. OTm THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL -JSP HIIIIIIU *V SIXTH Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. SEVENTH The public money, raised from all, belongs to all. EIGHTH t3tt Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure. NINTH Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it them- selves. TENTH ^ Many have been ruined by buying ^ I good pennyworths. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL r ELE VENTH There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. TWELF TH Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and keep. TH I R TEENTH Never making a St. Monday recom- mended me to the master. FO UR TEENTH One sword often keeps another in the scabbard. F I F TEENTH He that lives upon hopes will die fast- ing. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL SIXTEENTH Those who have much business must have much pardon. S E VENTEENTH Talents for the education of youth are the gift of God. EI G H TEENTH Having plenty of merit in himself, he was not jealous of the appearance of merit in others. NINE TEENTH I should have no objection to a repeti- tion of life from the beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a revised edition to correct some faults in the first. TWENTI E TH God heals; the doctor takes the fee. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL TWENTY- FI RS T It is a long peace, indeed, as well as a long lane, that has no ending. TWENTY- SECOND Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. TWE NTY-T H I RD Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than , labor wears. TWENTY- F O U R TH Creditors are a superstitious set, great observers of set days and times. TWENTY- F I FT H If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK APRIL TWENTY- SIXTH In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. TWENTY- SEVENTH Nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. TWENTY- EIGHTH Opinions should be judged of by their influences and effects. TWENTY-NINTH The fewer our old friends become, the more let us love one another. THIRTI E TH He that goes a- borrowing goes a- sorrowing. MAY Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY FIRS T Three removes are as bad as a fire. SECOND I never saw an oft-removed tree Nor yet an oft-removed family That throve as well as those that settled be. THIRD I had a tolerable character to begin with; I valued it properly, and deter- mined to preserve it. FO U RTH There are croakers in every country. F I F TH God gives all things to industry. x^i THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY SIXTH Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. SB VB NTH This year the stone blind shall see but very little. EIGHTH Since thou art not sure of a minute, j throw not away an hour. NINTH All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. TENTH He always speaks the thing he means, which he is never afraid or ashamed to do, because he knows he always means well. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY ELEVENTH The passions can never fix us in a proper composure and acquiescence of mind. TWELF TH Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the want great. THIRTEENTH The sleeping fox catches no poultry. FOUR T E E NTH I am apt to speak in the singular number. FIF TEENTH It is no more in a man's power to think than to look like another. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY SIX TEEN T H Scandal, like other virtues, is in part its own reward. S E VENTEENTH The used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. EI G H TEENTH There should be a mutual dependence between governors and governed. NINE TEENTH Small things appear great to those in small circumstances. TWENTI E TH To receive credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY TWENTY- FIRS T I thought so meanly of him for it, that, when I afterward came into his situation, I took care never to imitate it. TWENTY-SECOND I never was without some religious principles. TWE NTY-T H I RD He that would thrive must ask his wife. TWENTY- F O U R T H These might all be good things, but ^ they were not the kind of good things I s expected. TWENTY- F I F T H I wished to live without committing a fault THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK MAY TWENTY- SIXTH It is certain that no country in the world produces naturally finer spirits than ours. TWENTY- SEVENTH Let the fair sex be assured that I shall always treat them and their affairs with the utmost decency and respect. TWENTY- EIGHTH Heavy taxes tend to diminish a people. TWENTY-NINTH The day comes around before you are aware. TH I R TIE T H At a great pennyworth pause a while. TH I R TY- FIRS T One to-day is worth two to-morrows. JUNE Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE FIRS T Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. SECOND Libraries have improved the general conversation of the American, made the common tradesmen and farmers as in- telligent as most gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made through the country in defence of their privileges. THIRD Long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance. FOURTH Laziness drives so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE FIFTH While you live expense is constant and certain. SIXTH When you have bought one fine thing you must buy ten more. S E VENT H Take care of yourself. Your life is a valuable one. EI G H TH Hope of being free from care and labor, with fear of penury, are the mainsprings of most people's industry. NINTH Visit seldom, and tarry but a little while in a place. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE TENTH Virtue is the best guard against the many evils incident to us. ELE V E NTH Vital religion has always suffered § when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. TWELF TH What great difference can there be between putting yourself up, or putting your neighbor down? WC W TH I R TEE NTH There are little follies in the behavior of most men which their best friends are too tender to acquaint them with. FOUR TEENTH An author, as such, ought to be tried by the merit of his productions only. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE FIF TBENTH There seems to be some peculiar charm in the conceit of finding money. SIXTEENTH He is no clown that drives the plough, but he that does clownish things. S E VENTEENTH . How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislikes? EI G H TEENTH Few are against me but those who have reason to fear me. NINE TEENTH What misfortune in your pleasures has sent you to philosophy for relief? THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE TWBNTIE T H Money can beget money. TWENTY- FIRS T Forage and want save while you may; No morning sun lasts the whole day. TWENTY- SECOND What maintains one vice would bring up two children. TWENTY-THIRD At the last day we shall not be ex- amined for what we thought, but what we did. TWEN TY- F O U RTH He only loves himself well who rightly and judiciously loves himself. TWEN TY- F I FT H As to going on petty errands, no boys love it, but all must do it. vm THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JUNE TWENTY- SIXTH Don't you know that all wives are in the right? TWENTY- S E VENTH Self-denial is really the highest self- gratification. TWENTY- E I G H TH It was about this time I conceived the | bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. TWENTY-NINTH Natural good and evil are pleasure and pain ; moral good and evil are pleas- ure and pain produced with intention and design. THIRTIETH Beware of little expenses. JULY A new truth is a truth; an old error is an error. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY FIRS T Leisure is time for doing something useful. SECOND Lying rides upon Debt's back. THIRD iLS Industry need not wish. M! lO-JR FOURTH They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. F I F TH All property seems to me to be the creature of public convention. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY SIXTH We may dislike things that are never- theless right in themselves. £0 SB VENTH Fly pleasures, and they will follow you. EIGHTH Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day. NINTH Life, like a dramatic piece, should not only be conducted with regularity, but it should end handsomely. TENTH He can have no rights to the benefits of society who will not pay his club to- wards the support of it. ^__ THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY ELEVENTH It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. TWELF TH Remember that money is of the pro- lific, generating nature. THIRTEENTH Who has deceived thee as oft as thy- self? FO U RT E E NTH I made the greater progress from that greater clearness of head and .quicker apprehension which usually attend tem- perance in eating and drinking. F I F TEENTH We should not suffer pride to prevent our progress in science. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY SIXTEENTH His great excellence lay in a sound understanding and solid judgment in pru- dential matters, both public and private. S E VENTEENTH Industry, frugality, and prudent econ- omy in a wife are a fortune. EI G H TEEN T H ^ What is wit, or wealth, or form, or learning, when compared to virtue ? NINE T E E NTH There are none without their faults ; no, not one. TWE NT I E TH The ideas of aggrandizement by con- quest are out of fashion. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY TWENTY- F I R S T If you can perceive the fruit to be good, don't terrify yourself that the tree may be evil. TWENTY- SECOND He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. TWENTY-T H I RD Above all things I dislike family quar- rels. TWENTY- F O U R T H Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. TWENTY- F I F T H I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK JULY TWENTY- SIXTH Happiness in this life depends rather upon internals than externals. TWENTY- SEVENTH Pride is the ground floor ; Hope is up one pair of stairs. TWENTY- EI G H TH The world is too full of compliments already. TWENTY-NINTH Conversation warms the mind. TH I R TIE TH Remember Job suffered and was af- terwards prosperous. TH I R TY- FIRS T The event God only knows. IL AUGUST Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST FIRS T Whenever we attempt to amend the scheme of Providence, we had need be circumspect, lest we do more harm than good. » SECOND Many people lead bad lives that would gladly lead good ones, but do not know how to make the change. THIRD Sloth makes all things difficult. FO U RTH Get what you can, and what you get hold ; Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. F I F TH The cat in gloves catches no mice. jLJDDd THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST SIXTH It has been a pleasure to me to see good workmen use their tools. SB V E NTH Most people have naturally some vir- tues, but none have naturally all the virtues. EIGHTH There is no rank in natural knowledge of equal dignity and importance with that of being a good parent, a good child, a good husband or wife, a good neighbor and friend, a good subject or citizen. NINTH Pride is a folly soon punished. TENTH I never doubted the existence of the Deity, that he made the world, and governed it by his Providence. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST ELE VENTH Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands. TWELF TH Luxury should never be suffered to become common. TH I R TEENTH A man is sometimes more generous when he has little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being ^ thought to have but little. FO U RT E E NT H Trust betrayed is trust bestowed. F I F TEENTH I love to hear of every good thing that tends to increase the number of good people. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST SIX TE E N TH Health of body is not sufficient to make us happy of itself. S E VENTEENTH Cut off all unnecessary actions. El G H TEENTH Plain honest truth is not the character of a compliment. NINE TEENTH Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. TWENTI E TH The mob hate instruction. TWENTY- EI RS T Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST TWENTY- SECOND There was never yet a truly great man who was not at the same time truly virtuous. TWE NTY-T H I RD No man who can have a piece of land of his own, sufficient by his labor to sub- sist his family in plenty, is poor enough to work for a master. TWENTY - F O U R T H Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. TWENTY- F I F T H A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. TWE NT Y- SIXTH a c Many, without labor, would live by $^ their wits only, but they break for want of stock. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK AUGUST TWENTY- S E VENTH Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. TWENTY- EI G H TH Be little burdensome and essentially . useful to friends. TWENTY-NINTH He that hath a trade hath an estate. TH I R TIE TH A small leak will sink a great ship. TH I R TY- F I RS T The great body of intelligence among our people surrounds and overpowers our petty dissensions. L SEPTEMBER The proof of gold is fire; the proof of a woman, gold; the proof of a man, a woman. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER FIRS T Virtue is the best preservative of health. SECOND What we call time enough always proves little enough. THIRD At the working-man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. FOUR T H Imiiim He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. ! FIF T H I a c Let no man flatter the age with pre- tending that we have arrived at a perfec- tion of discoveries. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER SIXTH While my care was employed in guard- ing against one fault, I was often sur- prised by another. S E V E N T H Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. EI G H T H He wished to please everybody; and, having little to give, he gave expectations. NINTH The foolish part of mankind will make wars from time to time with each other, not having sense enough otherwise to settle their differences. TENTH We ought always to do what appears best to be done, without much regarding what others may think of it. , THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER E LB VBNTH You may have an opportunity of assist- ing with an equal sum a stranger who has equal need of it. Do so. By that means you will discharge any obligation you may suppose yourself under to me. Enjoin him to do the same upon .occa- sion. By pursuing such a practice much good may be done with a little money. TWELF TH Stick to it steadily. TH I R TEE NTH Moral and political rights sometimes ~^ differ, and are sometimes both subdued by might. FOUR TEE NTH Friends have been my treasure. r S3 E m r d i THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER F I F T B E NTH There are minds who would give credit to a man that lived 3000 years ago, or at 3000 leagues distance, rather than to a neighbor, or even to a friend. SIXTEEN T H Never be discouraged. SE VENTEE NTH "Blessed are the peacemakers," is, I suppose, to be understood in the other world, for in this they are frequently cursed. EI G H TEENTH The truth may not always be proper. NINE TEENTH The surest way to obtain liberal help from others is vigorously to help our- selves. i THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER TWENTI E TH When I was a boxing boy, it was al- lowed, even after an enemy said he had enough, to give him a rising blow. TWENTY- F I RS T Time will smooth away all difficulties. TWENTY- SECOND Frauds are vastly more pernicious than simple thefts. TWENTY-THIRD Reconciliation is a sweet expression. TWENTY- FO U R TH None abuse confidence but those who possess it. TWENTY- F I F TH Let all your things have their places. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER TWENTY- SIXTH Let us mind our own business. TWENTY- SEVENTH Hope and faith may be more firmly grounded upon charity, than charity upon hope and faith. TWENTY- E I GH TH He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged. TWE N TY-N I N TH jj Virtue is not secure until its practice has become a habitude. THIRTIETH How much more profitable it is pru- dently to remove, than to resent, return, and continue inimical proceedings ! OCTOBER A little neglect may cause a great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost. ^ -=■ ~ - i ■ n - THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER FIRST Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. SECOND The whim suited me better from the cheapness of it. TH/RP If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ? Are you not your own master? FOURTH The prejudices of disrespect between nations prevail only among the inferior ranks. FIFTH Be always employed in something 1 useful. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER SIXTH The philanthropist, who wishes the good of his own country and of mankind, must be the bulrush bending to the storm, and not the sturdy oak, unavail- ingly resisting. SB V B NTH Few in public affairs act with a view to the good of mankind. B I GHTH God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter. NINTH The judgment of a whole people, es- pecially of a free people, is looked upon as infallible. TBNTH Men I find to be a sort of beings very W~ ) badly constructed. - sasatom warn THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER E LE VENTH Great affairs sometimes take their rise from small circumstances. TWELF TH Americans do not enquire concerning a stranger, What is he ? but, What can he do? TH I R TEENT H Lost time is never found again. FOUR TEEN TH I made myself as tidy as I could. F I F T E E NT H Let kind offices go round. SIXTEENTH Trust not too much to others. a c J JM - — • 4 THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. El G H TEENTH I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office. NINE TEENTH History is full of the errors of states and princes. TWENT I E TH When men are employed they are best contented. TWENTY- FIRS T Disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. _ THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER TWENTY- SECOND Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advan- tages that occur every day. TWENTY-THIRD Not knowing but that he might be in the right, I let him enjoy his opinions, which I take to be the best way. TWENTY- F O U R T H Without virtue man can have no hap- piness. TWENTY- F I F T H I think no pleasure innocent that is to man hurtful. TWENTY- SIXTH Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK m B ■^1 OCTOBER TWENTY- SB VENTH Money is necessary to introduce econ- omy, while, at the same time, economy is necessary to obtain money. TWENTY- EI G H TH No man is wise at all times and in all things, but some are more frequently wise than others. TWEN TY-NI NTH I love company, chat, a laugh, a glass, and even a song as well as ever. THIRTIETH I made that man my enemy by doing him too much kindness. It is the hon- estest way of acquiring an enemy. TH I R TY - FIRS T What repeated follies are repeated wars ! NOVEMBER Alexander and Caesar, those renowned generals, received more faithful services, and performed greater actions, by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they probably would have done, if instead of being beloved and respected, they had been hated and feared. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER FIRS T While a party is carrying on a general design, each man has his particular pri- vate interest in view. SECOND Handle your tools without mittens. THIRD Contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, be- fore we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct. FOURTH Few in public affairs act from a mere view of the good of their country, what- ever they may pretend. F I F TH Now I have a sheep and a cow every- ■ body bids me good-morrow. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER SIXTH Mankind are all of a family. © us «TGk!1|1 2 /&$; ^.1 §-=S-' n SB V E N T H Foes counteract the mischief flatterers might do us. EIGHTH Nothing in human affairs and schemes is perfect, and perhaps that is the cause of our opinions. NINTH I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men. TENTH People that lead a long life and drink to the bottom of the cup must expect some of the dregs. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER ELEVENTH If our desires are to the things of this world, they are never to be satisfied. TWELF TH Let each part of your business have its time. T H I R TEENTH Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome pride, I should probably be proud of my humility. FO U RTEENTH There could not be a more potent counterpoise to the designs of ambitious men than a multitude that feared and hated ambition. FIF TEENTH Who dainties love shall beggars prove. r' \ THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER ^ "iiiiPi «Hli SIXTEENTH Enemies serve to put us upon correct- ing the faults we have, and avoiding those we are in danger of having. S E V ENTEENTH So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to make a reason for everything one has a mind to. El G H TEENTH In success be moderate. NINE TEENTH For these fifty years past no one has ever heard a dogmatical expression es cape me. TWENTl E TH A fat kitchen makes a lean will. i L THE FRANKLIN YFAR ROOK NOVEMBER TWENTY- Ef RS T There is neither sin nor shame in knitting a pair of stockings. TWENTY- S ECOND I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings" between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life. TWE NTY-TH I R D The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt. TWENTY- ED ITRTH If time be of all things the most pre- cious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. TWENTY- El ETH - The married state is, after all our jokes, the happiest, being conformable to our natures. s^jj THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER TWENTY- SIXTH Lazy workmen are commonly ob- served to be more extravagant in their demands than the industrious, for, if they have not more for their work, they can not live as well. / TWENTY - S EV ENT H There never was, and never will be, a good war nor a bad peace. TWENTY- EIGHTH The foundation of all virtue and hap- piness is thinking rightly. TWENTY-NINTH So pursue pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth. T H I R TIE T H I have long been accustomed to re- ceive more blame, as well as more praise, than I have deserved. - i ~ - DECEMBER If we were as industrious to become good as to make ourselves great, we should become really great by being good. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER FIRS T The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. ^" SECOND There 's small revenge in words, but words may be greatly revenged. THIRD There 's nothing better to be said Than that they 've eat up all their bread, Drunk all their drink, and gone to bed. FO U RTH Necessity knows no law. I know some attorneys of the name. F I F TH Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. | THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER SIXTH Kindness from men I can only return on their fellow men. 5 E V E NTH The pleasures in this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit. EI G H T H Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. NINTH Light up the candle of industry and economy. TENTH I When employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favors, but as paying debts. — ■ - THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER ELE VBNTH Lose no time. TV/ELF T H I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradiction to the sentiments of others, and all positive assertion of my own. T H I R TEENTH The more affectionate relations are to each other, the more they are respected by the rest of the world. FO U RT EEN T H Work while it is called to-day. F I F TEENTH It is hard for an empty bag to stand ' upright. S3C2 limn IBjb-je «*te THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER SIX TEEN T H Suppositions, however ingenious, are often mere mistakes. S E YEN TEEN T H A man is not completely born until he is dead. EI G H T E E NTH I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined. NINE TEENTH Be ashamed to catch yourself idle. TWEN T I E T H A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. TWENTY- EI R S T The diligent spinner has a long shift. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER TWENTY- SECOND No qualities are so likely to make a poor man's fortune as those of probity and integrity. TWEN TY-THIRD r' If two persons equal in judgment play for a considerable sum, he that loves money most will lose. TWENTY - F O U R T H Increase in me that wisdom which dis- covers my truest interest. TWENTY- F I F T H Let no pleasures tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no ambition corrupt thee, no example sway thee, no persuasion move thee to do anything which thou knowest to be evil ; so shalt thou live jollily, for a good conscience is a continual Christ- mas. THE FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER TWENTY- SIXTH Nothing is so likely to make a man's fortune as virtue. TWENTY- SEVENTH Vicious habits are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful. TWENTY- EIGHTH It is time for an old man, as I am, to be thinking of his great remove. TWENTY-NINTH It is pleasant to see the world growing better and happier. T H I R TIE TH There will be sleeping enough in the grave. TH I R TY- F I RS T In looking back, how short the time seems ! • —I II ■ -I ■■■■ OCT 18 1907 Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 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