Index | For Want of a Nail


For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of the shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.

Thoughts by Benjamin Franklin from Poor Richard's Almanac, or from his letters, on life and prosperity.


“Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:39