"Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong,..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
More by Benjamin Franklin
“If you desire many things, many things will seem few.”
“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.”
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
More on Practicality
“You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills”
“Ingenuity in meeting and pursuing the pupil, that tact for the concrete situation, though they are the alpha and omega of the teacher's art, are things to which psychology cannot help us in the least.”
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
More on Character
“Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.”
“The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of unsettled minds are always driven about with passions, but never absolutely filled with any.”
“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.”