You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
Benjamin FranklinA perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Benjamin FranklinIf we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another.
Benjamin Franklin