“ In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive,… Benjamin Franklin
“ How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says. Benjamin Franklin
“ We stand at the crossroads, each minute, each hour, each day, making choices. We choose the thoughts we allow ourselves to think, the passions we allow ourselves to feel, and the actions we allow ours… Benjamin Franklin
“ A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. Benjamin Franklin
“ For my own Part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring Favours, but as paying Debts. In my Travels, and since my Settlement, I have received much Kindness from… Benjamin Franklin
“ If we look back into history for the character of present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christia… Benjamin Franklin
“ In all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:1. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are bet… Benjamin Franklin
“ Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin
“ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
“ Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that. Benjamin Franklin
“ A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded — such as the fa… Benjamin Franklin
“ Ohne Gedankenfreiheit gibt es keine Weisheit. Und ohne Redefreiheit keine öffentliche Freiheit. Benjamin Franklin
“ Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.[Letter to his wife, 17 Ju… Benjamin Franklin
