Benjamin Franklin

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. ”

Never confuse motion with action. ”

Energy and persistence conquer all things. ”

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. ”

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. ”

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ”

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. ”

When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. ”

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ”

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. ”