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Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.
You must always be prepared. Make sure to look at things from all angles. If you are not prepared you will fail.
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
I've striven my whole life for humility, but if I'd ever achieved it, I'd probably be pretty damn proud of that.
Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.
Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.
If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.
Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.
Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.
I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.
The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.
Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.
Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.
The superiority...enjoyed by nations that have...perfected a branch of industry, constitutes a...formidable obstacle.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?
There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.
[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.
By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.
The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.
The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.