Benjamin Franklin
American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
He that rises late must trot all day.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
