"I never knew a man who was..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.”

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

“Money makes money. And the money that makes money makes more money.”

“Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.”

“Let men say we be men of good government, being governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal.”

“Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.”

“Work while others are wishing.”

“Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.”

“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.”