Benjamin Franklin

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.

All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

Twas Noah who first planted the vine_x000D_ _x000D_ And mended his morals by drinking its wine.

Never confuse motion with action.

Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden,_x000D_ but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.

A good example is the best sermon.

There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.

Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.