Poor Richard's Almanack Quotes

“Make haste slowly.”

“Gifts burst rocks.”

“Speak little, do much.”

“Death takes no bribes.”

“No gains without pains.”

“Industry need not wish.”

“Light purse, heavy heart.”

“Deny Self for Self's sake.”

“Today is Yesterday's Pupil.”

“Hunger never saw bad bread.”

“Great Talkers, little Doers.”

“Late Children, early Orphans.”

“What one relishes, nourishes.”

“Innocence is its own Defence.”

“Success has ruin'd many a Man.”

“A soft Tongue may strike hard.”

“Let thy vices die before thee.”

“Read much, but not many books.”

“Opportunity is the great Bawd.”

“Hope of gain,
lessens pain.”