"What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.”

“Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.”

“I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet.”

“We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd.”

“Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.”

“Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.”

“A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.”

“Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.”

“Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.”