Benjamin Franklin

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

Well done is better than well said.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.