Benjamin Franklin

"A good conscience is a soft pillow."

"The statue of a man is not measured in inches."

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."

"The golden age never was the present age."

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing."

"Leisure is time for doing something useful."

"The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much."

"If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately."

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither."

"The great advantage of living in a civilized community is that you find yourself surrounded by the best that has been thought."

"Do not be ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."

"Many people die at twenty five but aren't buried until they are seventy five."

"Fart proudly - this alone is a true liberty."

"Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes."

"All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer."

"The good of the people is the greatest law."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do."

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

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few."

"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings."

"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is."

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

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

"Look before, or you'll find yourself behind."

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."

"Different sects like different things; what's a sin to thee may be a virtue to me."