"It is easier to build two chimneys..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.”

“We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.”

“In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two works, industry and frugality.”

“Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.”

“Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.”

“He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.”

“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”

“There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.”

“All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world.”