"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
"There is no good war or bad Peace."
"Beer is proof that god wants us to be happy."
"Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack."
"Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, fools that don't have brains enough to be honest."
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."
"How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them."
"Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise."
"Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood."
"If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect."
"My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconvenience, 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."
"Humility makes great men twice honorable."
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
"Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."
"If you want something done, ask a busy person."
"A place for everything, everything in its place."
"The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty."
"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both."
"Without justice, courage is weak."
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to god."
"He that speaks much, is much mistaken."
"The constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
"The Doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
"The doors of wisdom are never shut."
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."
"He that cannot obey, cannot command."
A Few of My Favorite Quotes About Money from Benjamin Franklin
"Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle."
"The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade."
"Industry pays debts, while despair increases them."
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."
"Remember that credit is money."
"No gains without pains."
"The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one."
"Plow deep while sluggards sleep."
"If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas."
A Few of My Favorite Quotes About Taking Action from Benjamin Franklin
"Lose no time; be always employed in something useful."
"For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned."
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
"By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still."
"Well done is better than well said."
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
"When you are good to others, you are best yourself."
"All Mankind is divided into three classes; those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
