"When the well is dry, they know..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“There is no gains without pain.”

“Security without liberty is called prison.”

“Eat what you like, but dress for other people.”

“Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others.”

“This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.”

“[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.”

“It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.”

“Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.”

“I have made a very rude translation of the Seven against Thebes, and Pindar too I have looked at, and wish he was better worth translating. I believe even the best things are not equal to their fame. Perhaps it would be better to translate fame itself,--or is not that what the poets themselves do? However, I have not done with Pindar yet.”