Benjamin Franklin · Autobiography
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
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Benjamin Franklin · Autobiography
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I propos'd to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annex'd to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully express'd the extent I gave to its meaning. 2. Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Benjamin Franklin · Autobiography
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Benjamin Franklin · Autobiography
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
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