Benjamin Franklin

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the highest return.

Lying rides upon debt’s back.

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

You can do anything, but not everything.

I’ve always thought that each person invented himself… for whatever reason, through whatever circumstance, through whatever he is gone through… that we are each a figment of our own imagination… And some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

We are each a figment of our own imagination.

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

There are two types of speakers, those that are nervous and those that are liars.

We teach people how to treat us.