5. Read the aphorism. A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. What is the meaning of this aphorism from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack?
Gossip is not a bad activity so long as some good comes of it.
O Accidents are never as bad as we first believe them to be.
O Talking too much can result in a person losing their money.
Hurting someone's feelings can be worse than inflicting physical harm.

The meaning of this aphorism is that a slip of the foot, that is to say, attempting to succeed in some given enterprise and failing in doing so (or in other words, choosing to act but failing, for whatever reason) is not as bad as talking without thinking (a slip of the tongue),

The Last one

Explanation:

Emotional pain is forever lasting compared to physical pain which you can use cure or fix/feel better about.

because each is self-sufficient.  

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.