Benjamin Franklin

"The best doctor is a book."

"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

"There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in order."

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."

"Ambition and avarice are the mark of the man who would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven."

"If you can't see the end, don't begin."

"Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."

"Whoever would be a man must be a nonconformist."

"The world is full of complainers. The world has always been full of complainers."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"Do what you fear and fear disappears."

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."

"The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade."

"Fatigue is the best pillow."

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling freedom."

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

"The longevity of a nation is the longevity of its leaders."

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

"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self."

"Honesty is the best policy."

"We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

"The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents worn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies food for worms."

"Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody."

"If you would be loved, love and be lovable."