"Those have a short Lent who owe..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”

“In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.”

“If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself.”

“Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.”

“I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two million dollars.”

“We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.”

“It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.”

“It is a general idea, that when taxes are once laid on, they are never taken off.”

“The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy”