"Who judges best of a Man, his..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.”

“What is best for people is what they do for themselves.”

“There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.”

“I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true that nature was strangely inconsistent in giving me a warm heart, but also a face that was like a stone mask and a tongue that was heavy and slow. She refused me what she bestowed freely on even the most loutish of my fellow men. . . . People judged my inner character by my outer covering, and like a sterile fruit, I withered under the rough husk I couldn't slough off.”

“Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.”

“Men in all ways are better than they seem.”

“Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.”

“No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.”