Advice

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Benjamin Franklin

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.