Benjamin Franklin

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

The good or ill hap of a man depends very much upon his temper.

I wish it were possible... to invent a method of embalming drowned persons in such a manner that they may be recalled to life at any period, however distant.

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

The used key is always bright.

I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

No gains without pains.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

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

The way to see faith is to shut our eyes to that which is called reason.

Remember that time is money.

The best way to keep a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the right to pursue it. You have to catch it yourself.

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

Rather go to bed without supper than rise in debt.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.