Occupation: Founding Father Of The United States Birth: January 17, 1706 Death: April 17, 1790
Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe..
Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge..
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing..
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither..
Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70..
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away from befo….
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough..
The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man will have over matter, a few hundred….
Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!.
There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time..
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water..
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship..
Eat what you like, but dress for other people..
When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth..
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself..
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines..
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration..
When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mend….
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather..
This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people shall become so corrupte….
If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and….