"Men and Melons are hard to know...." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.”

“Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.”

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

“We're not really good at knowing what we want, and we are quick to say 'this sucks'. That's where the opportunity lies.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.”

“To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.”

“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.”

“Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.”