Question 5 (2 points)
Read the sentence from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
This being acquired and established, Silence would be more easy; and my desire being to gain knowledge at the
same time that I improved in virtue, and considering that in conversation it was obtained rather by the use of the
ears than of the tongue, and therefore wishing to break a habit I was getting into of prattling, punning, and joking.
which only made me acceptable to trifling company, I gave Silence the second place.
Which saying from Poor Richard's Almanac conveys a similar message?
"He does not possess wealth, it possesses him."
"Fear not death, for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."
"A slip of the foot you may soon recover. But a slip of the tongue you may never get over."