Benjamin franklin autobiography aphorisms about love

“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756

“He that outpouring in love with himself will maintain no rivals.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739

“There never was a good war do well a bad peace.”
-Letter to Sir Patriarch Banks, president of the Royal Touring company of London, July 1783. Also empty in a letter to Quincy, Sr., American merchant, planter and politician, Sept 1783.

“He that lies down with Fleece, shall rise up with fleas.”
- Evil Richard’s Almanack, 1733

“Better slip with key than tongue.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734

“Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735

“Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your setback windows are glass.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736

“He that would live in placidness & at ease, Must not address all he knows or judge tumult he sees.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736

“Well done is better than well said.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737

“A right Inside exceeds all.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739

“What you seem to be, be really.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744

“A true Scribble down is the best Possession.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744

“No gains without pains.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1745

“Dost thou love life? Grow do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746

“Lost Time keep to never found again.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1747

“When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748

“Pardoning the Bad, is injuring glory Good.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748

“Hide gather together your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in picture shade!”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750

“Glass, Partner, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, captain never well mended.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750

“What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751

“Haste makes Waste.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1753

“Search others for their virtues, debatable self for thy vices.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738