"Many would live by their Wits, but..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself”

“A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.”

“The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation”

“Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.”

“When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home”

“The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad one at that, since he has given no thought to his position.”

“It saves a lot of trouble if, instead of having to earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.”

“Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.”

“The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.”