Benjamin Franklin

"Observe all men; thyself most."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"Three removes are as bad as a fire."

"There is no such thing as a certainty but death and taxes."

"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

"The good-will which has appeared towards me in this country is the utmost encouragement to me to do my utmost."

"In God we trust. All others must pay cash."

"He does not possess wealth; it possesses him."

"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."

"Silence is sometimes an argument of consent."

"No one should be ashamed of himself for asking when he does not know, but rather for not asking when he does not know."

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."

"Everything that's good to know is difficult to learn."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"Tell me, I forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I understand."

"All human situations have their inconveniences."

"America has not yet realized that, with the principles of the Revolution, it has the power to establish a new world."

"He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."

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

"To know one's self is true progress, for we cannot change what we do not know."

"The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

"A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman are the handsomest two things that can be seen common."

"Creditors have better memories than debtors."

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

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

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