"Teach your child to hold his tongue;..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast”

“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."”

“He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.”

“Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.”

“This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.”

“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”

“I rewrote the ending to 'Farewell to Arms,' the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.”

“When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. . . .When you stop you are as empty, and at the same time never empty but filling, as when you have e made love to someone you love. Nothing can hurt you, nothing can happen, nothing means anything until the next day when you do it again. It is the wait until the next day that is hard to get through.”

“Let your desires be ruled by reason.”