Poems List

We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 (possibly not original)

1

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.

Poor Richard’s Almanac (1741) June

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Poor Richard’s Almanac (1758) preface

2

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Poor Richard’s Almanac (1735) February

2

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Poor Richard’s Almanac (1735) April

2

Remember that time is money.

Advice to a Young Tradesman (1748)

1

Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.

Letter to Miss Georgiana Shipley [September 1772]

2

Work as if you were to live a hundred years, Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

Poor Richard’s Almanac [1757]. May

1

Little strokes, Fell great oaks.

Poor Richard’s Almanac [1750]. August

2

If you would not be forgotten, As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worthy reading, Or do things worth the writing.

Poor Richard’s Almanac. May

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