Benjamin Franklin

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being read more

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by read more

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.