Benjamin Franklin
“A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.”
“There never was a good war, or a bad peace.”
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”
“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.”
“You may delay, but time will not.”
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
“Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.”
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”
“He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.”
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.”
“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.”
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved.”
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
“Remember that time is money.”