"Words may show a man's wit but..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.”

“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.”

“Resolve to perform what you ought;perform without fail what you resolve.”

“Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.”

“I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.”

“Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.”

“Melt all the guns, I thought, break the knives, burn the guillotines-and the malicious will still write letters that kill.”

“Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.”

“There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me.”