Benjamin Franklin

“If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.”

“That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved; never, that I know of, controverted.”

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

“Remember that time is money.”

“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”

“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”

“Human Felicity is produc'd not so much by great Pieces of good Fortune that seldom happen, as by little Advantages that occur every Day.”

“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, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”

“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.”

“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”