Benjamin Franklin

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

He that is content, has enough.

Beware of the flattery of a woman, and the treachery of a man.

He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

Many a false step was made by standing still.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

Honest cards, short reckonings.

Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

He that pursues two hares at once, commonly catches neither.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

I am for doing good to the poor, but... I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

To lengthen thy life lessen thy meals.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.