Benjamin Franklin

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.

The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it.

Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.

If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again!

I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations of adult persons; bad habits and vices of the mind being, like diseases of the body, more easily prevented than cured. I think moreover, that talents for the education of youth are the gift of God; and that he on whom they are bestowed, whenever a way is opened for use of them, is as strongly called as if he heard a voice from heaven.

If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified large glass jar, taken through his own body, will probably convince him.

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.

Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

It is better to take many injuries than to give one.

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]