“ If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
“ Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. Benjamin Franklin
“ Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin
“ A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost for want of a horse the battle was lost for want of the battle the war… Benjamin Franklin
“ A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Benjamin Franklin
“ Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. Benjamin Franklin
“ The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary. Benjamin Franklin
“ [I retained] only the Habit of expressing my self in Terms of modest Diffidence, never using when I advance any thing that may possibly be disputed, the Words 'Certainly, 'undoubtedly', or any others… Benjamin Franklin
“ A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false. Benjamin Franklin
“ O vitae Philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum! Unus dies, bene et ex praeceptis tuis actus, peccanti immortalitati est anteponendus.translation (non-literal):O philosophy, life’… Benjamin Franklin
“ I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men. They have the virtue of fortitude, or they would not venture to own their heresy; and they cannot afford to be deficient in any of the oth… Benjamin Franklin
“ Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils. The unhappy man who has been tr… Benjamin Franklin
“ 1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places;… Benjamin Franklin
“ A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps thro' fear of being thought to have but little. Benjamin Franklin
“ If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputat… Benjamin Franklin
