Benjamin Franklin

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!"

"Well done is better than well said."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

"Games lubricate the body and mind."

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria."

"Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal."

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

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

"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."

"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."

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

"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle."

"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock."

"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

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

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."

"The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything."

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