Poor Richard's Almanac
[Advice and comments from the noted 18th Century Almanack, compiled by Benjamin Franklin]

• Men meet. Mountains never.
• Fish and Visitors stink after three days.
• After crosses and losses, men grow humbler
and wiser.
• Since I cannot govern my own Tongue tho' within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the Tongues of others?.
• Time is an herb that cures all diseases.
• The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
• Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
• He is not well bred, that cannot bear Ill-Breeding in others.
• Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.