Ben Franklin's ABCs

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Ben Franklin's ABCs

A - An empty bag cannot stand upright.

B - Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle.

C - Cheese and salty meat should be sparingly eat.

D - The Doors of Wisdom are never shut.

E - Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

F - Full of courtesy, full of craft.

G - God helps them that help themselves.

H - Hunger never saw bad bread.

I - If you'd have a servant that you like, serve your self.

J - If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. (I don't get that one...? Can someone 'splain?)

K - Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

L - A Lie stands on one leg, the truth on two.

M - A Man without a wife is but half a man.

N - Nothing but money is sweeter than honey.

O - One today is worth two tomorrows.

P - Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own. (I love that one!!)

Q - A Quarrelsome man has no good neighbors.

R - The Rotten apple spoils his companion.

S - Speak little, do much.

T - Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

U - Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

V - Visits should be short, like a winter's day.

W - Well done is better than well said.

X - A good example is the best sermon.

Y - You may delay, but time will not.

Z - There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.