Benjamin Franklin

I re­mem­ber his be­ing dis­suaded by some of his friends from the un­der­tak­ing, as not likely to suc­ceed, one news­pa­per be­ing, in their judg­ment, enough for Amer­ica.

man be­ing some­times more gen­er­ous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, per­haps through fear of be­ing thought to have but little.

the task should be a ver­sion of the eight­eenth Psalm, which de­scribes the des­cent of a Deity.

one man of tol­er­able abil­it­ies may work great changes, and ac­com­plish great af­fairs among man­kind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cut­ting off all amuse­ments or other em­ploy­ments that would di­vert his at­ten­tion, makes the ex­e­cu­tion of that same plan his sole study and busi­ness.

eye of the master will do more work than both his hands:" an

Not to oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open."

you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her out-goes are greater than her incomes."

Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries."

"A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," a

"Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore."