"A new truth is a truth, an..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.”

“When you are finished changing, you are finished.”

“Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?”

“Because a fact seems strange to you, you conclude that it is not one. ... All science, however, commences by being strange. Science is successive. It goes from one wonder to another. It mounts by a ladder. The science of to-day would seem extravagant to the science of a former time. Ptolemy would believe Newton mad.”

“When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence.”

“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.”

“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.”

“To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.”

“When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.”