Benjamin Franklin

Time is money.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

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

There are three faithful friends — an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Well done is better than well said.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Honesty is the best policy.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.