"I scarce ever heard or saw the..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Getting it done is my reward.”

“When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.”

“A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.”

“Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.”

“There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.”

“[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.”

“I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.”

“Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.”

“The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.”