Benjamin Franklin

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!

Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.

On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind.

Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life!

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.

Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.

My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.