Benjamin Franklin

“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.”

“Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.”

“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”

“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”

“Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.”

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

“God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its sur...”

“Applause waits on success.”

“I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them;...”

“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.”

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”

“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.”

“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”

“For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.”

“He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.”

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”

“Beauty and folly are old companions.”

“In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poore...”

“Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.”