Jan 17, 1706 - Apr 17, 1790
was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
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Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.
He who is in love with himself has no rivals.
The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.
If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.
Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.
It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.
The problem with common sense is, it isn't.
Democracy is like having two wolves and a lamb decide what is for dinner.
Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.
If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.
The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance.
There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.
Hunger never saw bad bread.
The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.
The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.
If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.
The Golden Age was never the present age.
To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.
La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
What I am to be, I am now becoming.
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.
Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality
When you are finished changing, you are finished.
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.
Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.
The foundation of all happiness in thinking rightly.
Spare when young, and spend when old.
