Benjamin Franklin

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”

“Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.”

“Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.”

“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry.”

“Handle your tools without mittens.”

“A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.”

“Reckless youth makes rueful age.”

“Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.”

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned”

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”

“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”

“...there will be sleeping enough in the grave....”

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

“I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”