Benjamin Franklin

"Fatigue is the best pillow."

"The moon is made of green cheese."

"An empty bag cannot stand upright."

"Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults."

"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither feel those of the past nor foresee those of the future."

"Honesty is the best policy."

"Man is a tool-making animal."

"The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us."

"A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar."

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail."

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

"Who has deceived thee as often as thyself?"

"We have, I believe, produced the first American novel."

"The worst slavery is selling yourself for a wage."

"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure when he is really selling himself a slave to it."

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."

"Observe all men; thyself most."

"It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright."

"The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"There never was a good war or a bad peace."

"Tell a lie and find a liar."

"The greatest monarchy is the kingdom of knowledge."

"Necessity never made a good bargain."

"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it."

"Since I'm getting older, I've been more interested in the future than in the past."

"Being in love is like owning a dog. A dog is for the rest of your life."

"Admitting one's mistakes is the best way to atone for them."

"Those who love deeply never grow old."