American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
Never confuse motion with action.
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
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.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.