"Knowledge of the investment is most profitable..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”

“I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.”

“My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.”

“I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.”

“But for that Book, we could not know right from wrong.”

“All men desire by nature to know.”

“I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.”

“Our present tax system ... exerts too heavy a drag on growth ... It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking ... The present tax load ... distorts economic judgments and channels an undue amount of energy into efforts to avoidtaxliabilities.”

“An education is the investment with the greatest returns.”