"He that speaks ill of the mare..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.”

“Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.”

“Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.”

“Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.”

“I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I'm also a realist. The only people in this country who are asked to be nonviolent are black people.”

“We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.”

“Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the human constitution, but as making a sort of Third Estate with the world and the soul. Hence, the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees.”

“Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.”

“I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this; because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults, or remove prejudices which are imbibed against him.”