"What you would seem to be, be..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.”

“He that's content hath enough.”

“Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.”

“I don’t regret how much I love, and I avoid those who repent their passion.”

“He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public. That statement only is fit to be made public, which you have come at in attempting to satisfy your own curiosity.”

“I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.”

“I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere.”

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

“Look what you can become in pursuit of what you want, and look out for what you become in the pursuit of what you want--don't compromise!”